dlthomas comments on SotW: Check Consequentialism - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2012 01:35AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 29 March 2012 05:09:24PM 1 point [-]

Most people are landlubbers. Most landlubbers going on a voyage would be on a passenger ship, not a navy vessel. I see no reason either of these wouldn't apply to ninja.

I suggest that the reference class 'most people' is the wrong reference class from which to make predictions about ninja tactical decisionmaking.

Comment author: dlthomas 29 March 2012 07:43:23PM 0 points [-]

The reference class of "most people" is a better starting point than maximum entropy. Particularly in light of the fact that significant visible differences of behavior would work against the whole secrecy thing.