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Viliam_Bur comments on Fifty Shades of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: PhilGoetz 24 July 2014 12:17AM

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 24 July 2014 07:32:40PM *  3 points [-]

Yeah, even if the publisher would know the numbers are misleading, it would still be a sensible strategy to pretend to believe them. It would be a bet that no one will be interested in the mathematical details, maybe except for when it will be already too late.