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

25 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 November 2007 12:37AM

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Comment author: DanielLC 09 November 2011 04:36:17AM 9 points [-]

Why would that make you glad? You found out your prediction was correct, which is good, but you also found out people are idiots, which is very bad.

Comment author: blashimov 28 October 2012 09:47:23PM 2 points [-]

I know I might feel glad because I feel like I have a lot more control over whether I am right or wrong than the relative idiocy of the average person. On the other hand, being a person, I'd probably just be glad either way. The upside of being cynical.