Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Quantified Health Prize results announced - Less Wrong

44 Post author: Zvi 19 February 2012 08:10AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 February 2012 10:16:49PM 6 points [-]

This confirms a prediction that I'm pretty sure I went around saying in advance (the state of knowledge in nutrition is fucked up beyond most easy epistemic wins).

Comment author: MichaelVassar 21 February 2012 06:46:35PM 6 points [-]

Wow I'd call that confirmation bias. We got some significant solidification of existing info, a bit of new info, and spent $7500. Multiply these results by 1000 and what do you get? I'd guess, a fairly thorough knowledge-base.