wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 May 2013 03:22:41PM *  8 points [-]

If many of your input variables only have two digits of accuracy the end result shouldn't have four digits of accuracy.

That is indeed the (mere, human) convention as taught in high schools of our shared culture. See above regarding the absurdity of using that heuristic as a reason for rejecting the advice of what amounts to a superintelligence.