ciphergoth comments on Go Forth and Create the Art! - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 April 2009 01:37AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 23 April 2009 03:28:25PM 0 points [-]

Surely not pre-committing will offset that fear to exactly the extent that it gives people permission not to post if they failed, which is something else you're keen to avoid?

I'm not thinking of it as a way to fight backsliding, but as a way to gather better data.

Comment author: JulianMorrison 23 April 2009 07:43:24PM -1 points [-]

No, not really, at least that wasn't my intention - the deadline should be absolute.

Hmm, how about: if your mind is unclouded with any attempt at self-coercion, you ought to announce in public for the sake of a more reliable strategy->win analysis.