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army1987 comments on What are your contrarian views? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Metus 15 September 2014 09:17AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 September 2014 03:57:30PM 9 points [-]

[META]

Previous incarnations of this idea: Closet survey #1, The Irrationality Game (More, II, III)

Comment author: [deleted] 21 September 2014 02:57:43AM 0 points [-]

Except not really. The point is to ferret out purportedly rational beliefs held by some members of this community which deserve further investigation or elaboration.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 September 2014 08:01:11AM 2 points [-]

From “The Irrationality Game” (emphasis as in the original):

You have to actually think your degree of belief is rational. You should already have taken the fact that most people would disagree with you into account and updated on that information. That means that any proposition you make is a proposition that you think you are personally more rational about than the Less Wrong average. This could be good or bad. Lots of upvotes means lots of people disagree with you. That's generally bad. Lots of downvotes means you're probably right. That's good, but this is a game where perceived irrationality wins you karma. The game is only fun if you're trying to be completely honest in your stated beliefs. Don't post something crazy and expect to get karma. Don't exaggerate your beliefs. Play fair.