Solvent comments on Announcing the Quantified Health Prize - Less Wrong

50 Post author: Zvi 02 December 2011 06:01AM

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Comment author: Solvent 03 December 2011 03:34:34AM 3 points [-]

I plan to submit an entry to this. I hope that I don't get steamrolled by someone amazing.

I don't have much prior knowledge in this area. Do you think that will be a problem?

Comment author: Zvi 03 December 2011 10:22:45PM *  2 points [-]

That shouldn't be a problem; I expect most who enter to not have much prior knowledge. Prior knowledge is doubtless an advantage, but my estimate is that it is not as much of one as you might think, mainly a way to save time (not that this is unimportant), but that's one of the questions I'm highly curious about.