gwern comments on [prize] Spaced Repetition literature review - Less Wrong

17 Post author: jsalvatier 07 June 2011 03:28AM

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Comment author: gwern 07 June 2011 04:19:00PM 0 points [-]

Why do you care if it is done to your satisfaction when the prize is awarded based on other's satisfaction with it?

Why do I care... what I care? Seriously?

But I do agree with your expected utility calculations. The problem is, I can't motivate myself to write under conditions of uncertainty like that. I understand that shouldn't matter, especially since I consider such a project worthwhile even in the absence of $155, but it does.

Comment author: Duke 07 June 2011 04:40:57PM 1 point [-]

Getting it done to other's satisfaction and getting it done to your own are not mutually exclusive. You can work quickly to win the prize and then go back and expand.

Comment author: gwern 07 June 2011 07:20:30PM 0 points [-]

You can work quickly to win the prize and then go back and expand.

No, I can't. That's my problem, as I've been explaining in my comments.

Comment author: jsalvatier 07 June 2011 09:59:02PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps you two should collaborate and split the prize in some way.

Comment author: gwern 08 June 2011 12:57:16AM 0 points [-]

I think it's a bit late for that. But I've PMed Duke.