Coscott comments on The Belief Signaling Trilemma - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Coscott 20 September 2013 12:50AM

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Comment author: Coscott 20 September 2013 05:51:02PM 0 points [-]

I don't know what you mean by this.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 September 2013 06:33:33PM 1 point [-]

If you have a problem that people lose reputation for advocating out group beliefs than it's makes sense to reward people for voicing those beliefs.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 September 2013 08:05:21PM * 0 points [-]

So will you reward me for posting my highly contrarian belief that the earth is flat? ;)

Comment author: ChristianKl 22 September 2013 12:53:53AM 1 point [-]

So will you reward me for posting my highly contrarian belief that the earth is flat? ;)

Given my priors I wouldn't think that you are honestly reporting a belief if you would claim that the earth is flat.