TrE comments on Marketplace Transactions Open Thread - Less Wrong

29 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 02 June 2012 04:31AM

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Comment author: TrE 02 June 2012 08:59:00AM 7 points [-]

It seems plausible that people approve of equal relationships, but wanting and liking them is quite a different matter, reality all to often looks quite different.

Comment author: Manfred 02 June 2012 02:59:13PM 1 point [-]

Also, equal relationships are the nice, symmetric piece of advice to give to people when you don't know anything more of their situation. Hm, what's the name for the fallacy of substituting the mean for the mode again?