Cyan comments on Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cyan 09 September 2009 03:43:11PM *  4 points [-]

PS: If you actually use this trick, I want to know what you bought.

When my boss's son was born, I gave him an expensive stuffed animal hand-made from recycled material. I didn't deliberately use the trick -- when I was making the purchase, I remembered that I had read something about gifts to buy to appear generous on OB, but I couldn't remember the details. I took the price off the tag, but if my boss or his wife thought to Google the artisan, they would be able to see roughly how much I payed.