buybuydandavis comments on [Link] My Interview with Dilbert creator Scott Adams - Less Wrong

9 Post author: James_Miller 13 September 2016 05:22AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (27)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: hairyfigment 15 September 2016 04:55:08PM 2 points [-]

So you think he assigns a lower probability to Trump winning than someone unfamiliar with his argument might suppose? In theory he might have lost more than 2mill * 0.38 = 760000, but the higher that probability goes the worse your argument sounds.

Comment author: James_Miller 16 September 2016 02:40:54AM 3 points [-]

No, I think Adams assigns a higher probability to Trump winning than most people do. I think Adams accepted this theory on Trump would cost him money.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 18 September 2016 10:01:04PM 1 point [-]

Can't remember where I saw it, but I think Adams is trying to transition his career to "trusted expert".

He's willing to take the financial hit to make the transition.

Comment author: James_Miller 18 September 2016 11:41:27PM 1 point [-]

Yes