Luke_A_Somers comments on Turning the Technical Crank - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 06 April 2016 02:51:24PM 1 point [-]

What do you mean by 'anchored' in this context?

Comment author: Dagon 06 April 2016 03:06:58PM 1 point [-]

It was half-joking; I don't actually know how serious you are or how much thought you've put into the recommended number of posts. What I meant to imply was that the mention of "20" as a starting point made you pick a higher number as a counter-offer than you would pick if you'd come at the question cleanly.

reference: Wikipedia Anchoring article.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 06 April 2016 07:10:22PM *  1 point [-]

I meant, he listed 16 articles he wanted to write, and I didn't remember the exact number but it was around 20, and I thought that was excessive. I figured that 3 would do.

So yeah, I was anchored on what he said he'd do, as a representation of what I was recommending he change from doing. Seems fair.