ChristianKl comments on What is the difference between rationality and intelligence? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 13 August 2014 10:49:45PM 0 points [-]

I am not asking what success will look like. I am asking what metrics will you be using to decide if something is successful or not.

I don't think it's useful to decide beforehand on which metric to use when doing exploratory research.

Comment author: Lumifer 14 August 2014 12:46:09AM 2 points [-]

I don't think it's useful to decide beforehand on which metric to use when doing exploratory research.

'Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

'I don't much care where--' said Alice.

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

'--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.

'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'

Comment author: ChristianKl 14 August 2014 10:58:22AM 0 points [-]

You confuse metrics do decide where to look with metrics to decide whether you found something. Those two aren't the same thing.

You decide where to look based on what you know in the present but you decide whether you found something based on information that you find in the future.