jaibot comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 May 2013 01:03:30PM 7 points [-]

it is often better to pull numbers out of your arse and use them to make a decision, than to pull a decision out of your arse.

How often? I can imagine this heuristic being better or worse depending on the details of which figures are chosen and how the are used.

Comment author: jaibot 03 May 2013 08:37:14PM 17 points [-]

I figure it works better about 80% of the time, so I'm going to go with it.