army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes December 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2012 04:15:37AM 5 points [-]

If you were being polled about an unfamiliar plan, would you more likely think that a) the pollster was asking you about a fictional plan, or b) that the pollster was doing a genuine survey, and that you just hadn't heard about that plan yet? Granted, forming an opinion about something in the absence of any knowledge, just because someone asked you for your opinion, is another matter entirely.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2012 04:30:04PM 7 points [-]

I would think b), and say that.