Stuart_Armstrong comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 May 2013 04:57:12PM 3 points [-]

Illustration of availability bias:

Baldrick: But then I will go to Hell forever for stealing.

Blackadder: Believe me, Baldrick, eternity in the company of Beelzebub, and all his hellish instruments of death, will be a picnic compared to five minutes with me... and this pencil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVM4jR3TZsU

Comment author: pinyaka 06 May 2013 02:38:15PM 5 points [-]

Thus the availability bias defeats the Pascal mugging.

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