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falenas108 comments on Participation in the LW Community Associated with Less Bias - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: falenas108 09 December 2012 07:39:08PM 5 points [-]

I think anytime we are given a random number and then are told to give a numerical estimate, it's be obvious to most LWers that it's testing anchoring bias.

Comment author: lavalamp 09 December 2012 08:30:22PM 3 points [-]

Agree-- my point was that I was able to guess a height before seeing the random number, hence it wasn't a good test.

Comment author: falenas108 09 December 2012 08:37:33PM -1 points [-]

Ah, okay. That makes more sense.