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shminux comments on Misapplied economics and overwrought estimates - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: erratim 12 January 2015 05:10PM

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Comment author: shminux 15 January 2015 04:16:05PM 1 point [-]

What do you recommend if good data is too costly to collect?

Collect better data anyway, real and simulated. Otherwise someone will wave a different argument and reject yours. Happens here all the time.