JGWeissman comments on The Rhythm of Disagreement - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 June 2008 08:18PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 24 May 2012 07:31:53PM 0 points [-]

I tried to prove it, and I am getting an expected benifet of 1/4, and I am worried that I am making a mistake related to reording the terms of a non absolutely converging series.

If you are right, you could do better with f(x) = 2/x, and the values for x < 2 don't matter.

Comment author: cousin_it 24 May 2012 07:36:09PM *  0 points [-]

Sorry, I mistyped the comment, fixed it immediately but I guess you saw the old version. It's 1/4 of course.

I'm not sure what remains of Eliezer's original point now...

Comment author: JGWeissman 24 May 2012 07:41:41PM 1 point [-]

Ah, that old confounder in the rhythm of disagreement: a smart person who appears to disagree with you might not have said what they meant to say. ;)