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SolveIt comments on Open Thread, May 4 - May 10, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: SanguineEmpiricist 04 May 2015 07:04:32PM *  -1 points [-]

I don't think that definition is adequate.

Non-naive nurture matters to an extent, my argument has nuance. This is pretty much the exact domain of statistical decision theory/prescriptive decision theory and its conclusions have strict priority. The problem is that a large class of the professional intellectual class have not caught up.

Comment author: SolveIt 04 May 2015 10:38:55PM *  5 points [-]

A comment on your style of argumentation in general: Can you please stop vaguely referring to theories without pinpointing what exactly it says that supports your view?