timtyler comments on Typicality and Asymmetrical Similarity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 11 January 2012 05:51:25PM 0 points [-]

Reasonable, but wouldn't such reasoning make Duck->Robin much more likely than Robin->Duck, since ducks seem to migrate further than robins (which at least in America don't go further south than Florida) -- the exact opposite of what people said?

Comment author: timtyler 11 January 2012 10:27:28PM -2 points [-]

You disagree with their collective intellligence?

Maybe you know something they don't. Or maybe they know something you don't...

Comment author: gwern 11 January 2012 11:27:29PM 0 points [-]

I disagree with collective intelligences all the time. Problem?

Comment author: shminux 12 January 2012 12:45:06AM 0 points [-]

Not a problem, provided you turn out to be right and the "collective intelligences" wrong more often than not. Do you?

Comment author: gwern 12 January 2012 01:18:34AM 0 points [-]

I think I do. My calibration is pretty good so far, and that's on many collectively sourced predictions like Intrade.

Comment author: shminux 12 January 2012 01:19:53AM 0 points [-]

"If you are so smart, why aren't you rich?"

Comment author: gwern 12 January 2012 01:55:04AM 0 points [-]

Akrasia and lack of capital.