DanielLC comments on When is further research needed? - Less Wrong

0 Post author: RichardKennaway 17 June 2011 03:01PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 18 June 2011 12:50:41AM 0 points [-]

Allow me to revise your rewrite. "Ceteris paribus, receiving information cannot hurt you. In some non-ceteris-paribus circumstances, receiving information might hurt you."

Comment author: DanielLC 18 June 2011 01:23:42AM 0 points [-]

In which case, you might as well include the costs for actually figuring it out.