TheOtherDave comments on Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 September 2012 06:12:01PM 4 points [-]

"For a true Bayesian, information would never have negative expected utility."

Is this true in general? It seems to me that if a Bayesian has limited information handling ability, then they need to give some thought (not too much!) to the risks of being swamped with information and of spending too many resources on gathering information.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 15 September 2012 10:30:48PM -1 points [-]

I'm not exactly sure what "a true Bayesian" refers to, if anything, but it's possible that being whatever that is precludes having limited information handling ability.