gjm comments on New Year's Prediction Thread (2014) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 03 January 2014 08:04:01PM 2 points [-]

There's nothing at all wrong with making specific predictions. But it should be done with care, in view of our brains' tendency to infer higher rather than lower probability when they see something more specific.