27chaos comments on Rationality Quotes December 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: 27chaos 14 December 2014 01:16:59AM -1 points [-]

I don't know if I agree with this. Suppose the stock market is driven by runaway herd behavior. If that's the case, then an inexplicably bad random perturbation might have cascading effects. Saying that the initial slump in the market is driving further decline seems accurate to me.

Comment author: bramflakes 14 December 2014 01:20:59PM 1 point [-]

That would be a slump in the market caused by a decline in stock prices :)

Comment author: 27chaos 14 December 2014 09:33:17PM 1 point [-]

I don't understand what you're trying to say. As used in the original quote they are interchangeable synonyms.

Comment author: bramflakes 15 December 2014 12:43:53AM 1 point [-]

I was poking fun at that.