bcoburn comments on New Singularity.org - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 July 2012 09:16:47AM *  3 points [-]

It is somewhat puzzling to me that my PredictionBook evangelizing is well received here, but the fraction of LessWrongers that actually use PredictionBook is vanishingly small. Frankly, it is a scandal to Less Wrong that its high-karma members don't bother to publicly record their own predictions and yet continue to expect others to believe in the efficacy of the techniques taught in its core texts, like The Sequences.

If you want us to believe your beliefs pay rent, why not show us the receipts?

Comment author: bcoburn 06 July 2012 04:29:47AM 1 point [-]

So I don't know about anyone else, but as far as I can tell my own personal true rejection is: It's just too hard to remember to click over to predictionbook.com and actually type something in when I make a prediction. I've tried the things that seem obvious to help with this, but the small inconvenience has so far been too much