MaoShan comments on I Was Not Almost Wrong But I Was Almost Right: Close-Call Counterfactuals and Bias - Less Wrong

54 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 08 March 2012 05:39AM

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Comment author: MaoShan 07 March 2012 04:30:04AM 10 points [-]

Well, it did make me more likely to accept your theory. After all...

"More fine-grained scenarios offer an opportunity to tell more detailed stories, and humans give disproportionate weight to detailed stories."