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Cyan comments on Can we stop using the word "rationalism"? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Cyan 21 March 2011 03:54:38PM 0 points [-]

Throwing up numbers would just be pointless guessing for the sake of pointless guessing

If you do it systematically, picking odds and tracking them can help with your calilbration. Doing it in public helps because it puts a little bit of status on the line, which makes one care about getting it right.