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22 Post author: lukeprog 27 May 2012 06:41AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 27 May 2012 09:14:43PM 6 points [-]

the deal has details not mentioned which make it seem less harsh

Very likely.

she believes it's not so hard or slow as you do

I am amused by the possibility that accepting a grant to do decision theory work is itself a poor decision.

Comment author: gwern 27 May 2012 09:27:29PM 10 points [-]

One imagines Briggs's mental monologue: "maybe I should calculate the EV of this paper... Come on, Rachel, this is serious!"

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