steven0461 comments on Is risk aversion really irrational ? - Less Wrong

41 Post author: kilobug 31 January 2012 08:34PM

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Comment author: steven0461 01 February 2012 02:00:02AM 1 point [-]

General comment: You and another poster supplied excellent summaries. What I wonder is why is it (often) seen as necessary to belabor the obvious, when the point can be stated succinctly with greater clarity?

Seconded. I think many posts in the Main section could and should be cut down by a factor of say 2 or 3.

Comment author: gjm 02 February 2012 02:30:40AM 2 points [-]

"I have only made this letter so long because I didn't have time to make it shorter." -- Blaise Pascal

Comment author: drethelin 03 February 2012 06:44:15AM 0 points [-]

Hindsight bias. Just because something can be summarized relatively simply in hindsight doesn't mean the same summary would be as convincing or even be remembered if it's all you read. It's the same reason math class isn't just you reading a book that starts with axioms and then lists theorems until you know all of math.

Comment author: steven0461 03 February 2012 07:58:01AM 2 points [-]

It can't be hindsight bias in this particular case, because I didn't read the post.

Comment author: drethelin 03 February 2012 08:26:33AM 0 points [-]

Did you not read any of the posts? My point wasn't specific to this post.