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Douglas_Knight comments on Open Thread August 31 - September 6 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 06 September 2015 08:36:20PM 1 point [-]

Yes, effects that raise performance are good because they rule out a number of problematic mechanisms. However, this experiment has no control group and thus it does not have this benefit.