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Eugine_Nier comments on Call for discussion: Signalling and/vs. accomplishment - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: NancyLebovitz 23 February 2013 04:12PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 24 February 2013 01:12:18AM 4 points [-]

Well, one way to start is whenever someone proposes a signaling model ask the following question:

1) What is being signaled?

2) Why is the allegedly signaling behavior a credible signal, either now or in the EEA?

Comment author: TimS 24 February 2013 01:19:39AM 1 point [-]

That's a great test of whether a model is actually a signalling model, but not so useful for determining whether any particular signalling model is insightful or true.