MileyCyrus comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2012 06:51:28PM 3 points [-]

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 06 July 2012 09:14:47PM 6 points [-]

I suspect many of the upvotes in this are being done out of an assessment of the interestingness of well-writtenness of a comment rather than disagreement. If this weren't the case I would expect boring and obviously untrue statements to be at the top, instead the top comments are interesting and more boring ones are hovering around zero.

I suspect upvoting comments you enjoy reading becomes reflexive in long time users, so overriding that instinct requires conscious system 2 effort.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 July 2012 07:35:43PM 1 point [-]

Thanks Hariant!

Comment author: TimS 05 July 2012 12:11:52AM 1 point [-]

Just want to make sure I'm understanding the terminology. Saying I'm 10% confident of proposition X is equivalent to saying I'm 90% confident in not-X, right?

Comment author: Pavitra 05 July 2012 07:41:52AM 3 points [-]

Yes. However, since the point of the game is to display beliefs that you hold and others don't, you should choose the phrasing that makes your confidence higher than LW's. That is: if you think other LWers are 5% confident of X, then you should say you're 10% confident of X; and if you think other LWers are 15% confident of X, then you should say you're 90% confident of not-X.