Lumifer comments on A Voting Puzzle, Some Political Science, and a Nerd Failure Mode - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 11 October 2013 07:49:01PM 0 points [-]

"Apply" means "learn" in this context.

Applying epistemic rationality means you try to make your map match the territory as well as you can.

What you do with this map is an entirely separate question (which is, largely, a function of your goals and instrumental rationality).