Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Beyond Statistics 101 - Less Wrong

19 Post author: JonahSinick 26 June 2015 10:24AM

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 27 June 2015 12:49:58AM *  5 points [-]

Why did you have this impression?

Probably because of the human tendency to overestimate the importance of any knowledge one happens to have and underestimate the importance of any knowledge one doesn't. (Is there a name for this bias?)

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 27 June 2015 06:42:05AM 5 points [-]

(Is there a name for this bias?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument