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Oscar_Cunningham comments on The Problem of "Win-More" - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: katydee 26 March 2014 06:32PM

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 27 March 2014 10:29:18AM *  15 points [-]

I call this the "win-more problem." Concepts that suffer from the win-more problem are those that-- while certainly useful to an advanced user-- are misleading or net harmful to a less skillful person. Further, they are wrong or harmful in ways that are difficult to detect, because they screen off feedback loops that would otherwise allow someone to realize the mistake.

Even though you've said this, people will think you defined the "win-more problem" to be the problem with something that helps you win more only when you're already winning.

Comment author: Punoxysm 27 March 2014 05:42:11PM 6 points [-]

Yeah, this is correct. The naming is confusing.