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BaconServ comments on [Link] Cognitive biases about violence as a negotiating tactic - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: chaosmage 25 October 2013 11:43AM

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Comment author: BaconServ 25 October 2013 08:46:08PM 0 points [-]

See my other comment. Effectively:

Humanity has a tendency to get caught in feedback loops of violence, coloring our reasoning on bargaining theory.

Did you mean to suggest disabling (the bias for) violence isn't a useful and/or LessWrong-relevant topic? Downvoted until further notice.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 25 October 2013 09:04:54PM 2 points [-]

Yes, violence is an important topic. Why this paper? Is this the best paper ever written on the topic? Is it in the top 80%? Your answer seems to be that it contains the word "bias." You still haven't identified a cognitive bias. If you did, I would concede that it is in the top 50% of all papers ever written on violence.

To make a positive contribution, I suggest that people interested in violence read Randall Collins.

Comment author: BaconServ 25 October 2013 09:08:32PM 1 point [-]

Downvote retracted.