handoflixue comments on Generalizing From One Example - Less Wrong

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Comment author: handoflixue 17 June 2011 01:40:06AM 0 points [-]

I considered the confusion to be one of frequency: "Do you cheat" vs "Have you ever cheated" vs "Did you cheat within the last year". I find 2/3rds suspiciously low for the latter. Then again, my friends in school wouldn't believe me that I'd really never shoplifted :)