wedrifid comments on The $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 August 2011 11:17:44AM 0 points [-]

Nah, you can't choose to un-donate. Whereas you can always make up for lost time. So giving is a case where some mild indecision may be worthwhile.

You seem to have missed the point.

Comment author: Benquo 04 August 2011 11:24:06AM 0 points [-]

The point being what?

Comment author: wedrifid 04 August 2011 11:31:06AM *  3 points [-]

All information gained after making a decision is irrelevant for the purpose of making said decision. See also: The Bottom Line.

Comment author: Benquo 04 August 2011 12:27:46PM 0 points [-]

Not if you can remake the decision. I read "I intend [...]" to mean "I expect to make this decision, based on the evidence available now, but will gather more evidence first, which may change my mind."

But people don't do very well at thinking when there's already an expected outcome, so peter_hurford should either give up or work on becoming more curious.