pangloss comments on Escaping Your Past - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Z_M_Davis 22 April 2009 09:15PM

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Comment author: saturn 22 April 2009 11:38:25PM *  0 points [-]

If project A is what you've always done in the past, even when having the knowledge that project B is superior, you can induce that you will probably continue with project A in the future.

Comment author: pangloss 23 April 2009 12:32:09AM 0 points [-]

You can also induce from what incentives you seem to respond to how to increase the probability that you will do B. For instance, if telling your friends that you plan to do a project has a high correlation with your doing that project, then you can increase your probability that you will do B by telling your friends that you plan to do B.