Vladimir_Nesov comments on Unteachable Excellence - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 March 2009 03:33PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 March 2009 03:48:36PM *  2 points [-]

It sounds wise, but I think it's false.

Comment author: steven0461 04 March 2009 03:35:45PM 2 points [-]

I agree. In theory it seems studying the case that deviates more from the average (in this case, great success) should yield more information. If most widgets are small and a few are big, and you want to know what properties of widgets correlate with size, and you can study only one widget, you should study a big widget.