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ikrase comments on My Best Case vs Your Worst Case - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: HalMorris 03 January 2013 02:11PM

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Comment author: ikrase 04 January 2013 11:47:09PM 1 point [-]

I propose calling it Implementation Success Bias, or maybe just Expected Success Bias.

There is a much more serious subset of this when people maybe-consciously look at the worst possible outcome of their opponent's view, and then claim that their opponent is eeeevil and specifically desires that outcome.

I have to say I agree with being annoyed at how whenever people have a Great Idea, they tend to COMPLETELY ignore the actual implementation of the idea (often jumping to considering problems once the idea is implemented).