Zubon comments on Cynicism in Ev-Psych (and Econ?) - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 February 2009 03:06PM

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Comment author: Zubon 11 February 2009 04:08:03PM 0 points [-]

You have hedges suggesting low confidence in how accurately you have described the economic position, such as making half the econ sentences questions. That presents a rather weak foil/contrast for the argument; it might have been stronger with simply, "One simple way to signal quality X is by having quality X." ("Signaling is not always about sending signals"?)

If bringing economics into it is so necessary that it goes in the title, this sounds like a case where more information should be gathered before even proposing answers.