G0W51 comments on Effects of Castration on the Life Expectancy of Contemporary Men - Less Wrong

15 Post author: Fluttershy 08 August 2015 04:37AM

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Comment author: G0W51 09 August 2015 02:54:13PM 1 point [-]

I find it interesting that you both are underconfident and realize you are underconfident. Have you tried adjusting for underconfidence like you would any other cognitive bias? (At least you need not adjust for overconfidence!)

Comment author: ike 09 August 2015 08:41:48PM 2 points [-]

(At least you need not adjust for overconfidence!)

Someone thinking they are underconfident does not prove they are not overconfident.

Comment author: Fluttershy 09 August 2015 09:36:25PM 1 point [-]

I don't have much social confidence, but social confidence need not be related to credence calibration. I still end up giving somewhat overconfident answers on CFAR's credence calibration game, despite being shy. My above comment could have been clearer: the bit about "my perception of the quality of certain things that I have written" has more to do with my self-worth, and less to do with my ability to judge the quality of my own writing.

Comment author: G0W51 09 August 2015 09:38:33PM 0 points [-]

Oh, I think I see. Confidence is a feeling, while credence is a belief.