sixes_and_sevens comments on The beginnings of a test for Rationality Quotient - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 07 September 2011 12:31:58PM *  1 point [-]

Most of these were familiar to me, but I'm not sure of the basis or assessment criteria for this one:

Select the correct answer: Absinthe is (a) a precious stone or (b) a liqueur. What is the probability that the alternative you selected is correct?

My smartarse answer would be "1 minus epsilon", but as far as I can see, the only informative classes of answer in fitting with the cited measurement paradigms are either "1" or "< 1". Is that it?

Comment author: Logos01 08 September 2011 05:33:11AM 0 points [-]

What is the probability that the alternative you selected is correct?

I hate "gotcha" questions. How can we know that we have equivalent priors unless they are explicitly stated? And how can you establish probabilities without known priors?

Comment author: [deleted] 17 March 2012 10:06:26AM 0 points [-]

what?