Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Quantified Health Prize results announced - Less Wrong
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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).
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.