satt comments on Inferential silence - Less Wrong

44 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 25 September 2013 12:45PM

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Comment author: satt 26 September 2013 01:17:59AM 1 point [-]

Huh, interesting. I'd already noticed I try to

  1. upvote what I want more of, and downvote what I want less of

  2. avoid voting on technical material I don't think I can adequately judge

but I never noticed the tension between those two heuristics before. In practice I guess I prioritize #2. If I can't (or can't be bothered to) check over a technical comment, I usually don't vote on it, however much I (dis)like it.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 September 2013 05:15:14AM 2 points [-]

Well, it makes some sense to not vote if you genuinely don't know whether you want more comments like that one (e.g. "I do if it's accurate, I don't if it isn't, I don't know which is true")