qsz comments on Connection Theory Has Less Than No Evidence - Less Wrong

17 Post author: WilliamJames 01 August 2014 10:17AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 August 2014 02:39:50PM *  7 points [-]

Perhaps it's because of the strong overlap with LessWrong and Leverage's description of themselves as an organisation adopting an explicitly rationalist approach: see the intro post by lukeprog from early 2012.

(in fact, LW is the only place I have ever heard of Leverage and Connection Theory)

Comment author: V_V 01 August 2014 02:44:45PM -2 points [-]

Ah, good old in-group bias...

Comment author: ChristianKl 01 August 2014 02:54:40PM 8 points [-]

Paying attention to what the in-group does is no bias. It makes sense to evaluate the ideas of your friends.

Comment author: V_V 01 August 2014 03:11:19PM -2 points [-]

And does it take more than five seconds to dismiss an idea like this?