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drethelin comments on Exploiting the Typical Mind Fallacy for more accurate questioning? - Less Wrong Discussion

31 Post author: Xachariah 17 July 2012 12:46AM

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Comment author: drethelin 17 July 2012 07:25:25AM 0 points [-]

People lie. Getting them to reveal their lies is wrong? It seems like the only bad outcome is people just lying in a different way.

Comment author: billswift 17 July 2012 08:04:36AM 5 points [-]

Her point was that honest people who know that many people do steal would be penalized.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 18 July 2012 04:27:07AM 1 point [-]

I guess something similar is already used by people (consciously or unconsciously), and that honest people with exceptional knowledge/experience already are penalized. Reading this article may help them recognize why, and reduce the penalty.