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Randaly comments on Smart people who are usually wrong - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: PhilGoetz 01 December 2010 08:45PM

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Comment author: Randaly 01 December 2010 10:13:09PM *  4 points [-]

Another hypothesis: If the number of possible arguments, ideas, or hypotheses is large enough, then even people with above-average rationality will usually be wrong.

Comment author: magfrump 02 December 2010 08:23:49AM 0 points [-]

This is essentially the same as the first one.