MBlume comments on Extenuating Circumstances - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 April 2009 10:57PM

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Comment author: MBlume 07 April 2009 12:33:58AM 2 points [-]

When the reasons for an outcome are murky even in hindsight (e.g. investment losses), the risk of wrong learning is heightened.

Having experienced a lot of disutility in the past several months as a result of many murky causes, this is a sobering thought indeed, thank you.