buybuydandavis comments on The Rationality Wars - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Stefan_Schubert 27 February 2014 05:08PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 February 2014 08:31:00PM 0 points [-]

people who they voted for < who they predicted would win < bet on who would win, where '<' indicates predictive accuracy.

Because, the first is signaling about yourself and perhaps trying to sway others, the second is probably just swaying others, and the third is trying to make money.

It's a testament to a demented culture that people are lying about how they vote.

Comment author: Tedav 28 February 2014 09:18:07PM 0 points [-]

people who they voted for < who they predicted would win < bet on who would win, where '<' indicates predictive accuracy.

This is exactly what I was saying.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 February 2014 10:13:01PM 1 point [-]

Yes, I meant it as a paraphrase.

Comment author: VAuroch 01 March 2014 10:44:08AM -1 points [-]

More common than lying about how they vote is falsely believing that they voted other than they did.