Wes_W comments on The Joy of Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wes_W 12 June 2015 09:41:19PM *  0 points [-]

Given that I am wrong, I would prefer being proven wrong to not being proven wrong.

Yours is probably the central case, but "prove me wrong" and "I hope I'm wrong" aren't unheard-of sentiments. For example, a doctor giving a grim diagnosis. I think this can only (?) happen when the (perceived) value on the object level outweighs concerns about ego.