Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 26 March 2014 12:38:32AM 2 points [-]

The problem with a disease is the symptoms.

Not really. The word "symptoms" generally means "noticeable signs" and with some diseases the first visible sign is sudden death.

Taleb is really talking about treating the cause and not visible manifestations.