Macaulay comments on What Curiosity Looks Like - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Macaulay 09 January 2012 03:48:26AM 1 point [-]

Truth seekers should deliberately impose costs on themselves for holding false beliefs. That is, they should increase the cost of being wrong. One way to do this is to bet on your beliefs. Another way is to bond your beliefs: post a bond that you will forfeit if your prediction is wrong. Yes, imposing such costs is bothersome, but for truth seekers the tradeoff is easily worth it.