Eric6 comments on Markets are Anti-Inductive - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 February 2009 12:55AM

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Comment author: Eric6 28 February 2009 02:49:28AM 1 point [-]

Doesn't this mean that once everyone realizes that markets are anti-inductive, markets will become inductive?

Comment author: Liron 06 June 2011 11:48:09PM 6 points [-]

No, "markets are anti-inductive" means "markets act to lower the Bayes-score of low-entropy probability distributions over future asset prices".

If people realize that markets are anti-inductive, that doesn't cause their belief state about future asset prices to have less entropy. On the contrary, it makes them think twice before entering a low-entropy belief state.

Comment author: SilasBarta 07 June 2011 12:37:54AM 1 point [-]

Well, of course! After all, it never worked before...