Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Test Your Rationality - Less Wrong

39 Post author: RobinHanson 01 March 2009 01:21PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 March 2009 04:43:08PM 4 points [-]

How do you know whether the checklist actually works or if it's just pointless drudgery?

Comment author: Johnicholas 01 March 2009 05:05:46PM 2 points [-]

Sorry, I said "Test the process, not the results", which is a strictly wrong misstatement. It is over-strong in the manner of a slogan.

A more accurate statement would be "Focus primarily on testing process, and secondarily on testing results."

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 March 2009 05:11:21PM 1 point [-]

Okay but how do you test the results?

Comment author: Johnicholas 01 March 2009 05:47:42PM 0 points [-]

Consult someone else who commented on this article. I didn't have an idea for how to solve Dr. Hanson's original question. I was trying to pull the question sideways.