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Lumifer comments on [Link] Tetlock on the power of precise predictions to counter political polarization - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shminux 04 October 2015 04:54:28PM -1 points [-]

There are plenty of issues where "precise predictions" are available, yet the polarization is as bad as ever, such as drugs, birth control, gun control and taxes. So no, facts are no match for ideology.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 October 2015 03:07:33PM 2 points [-]

What kind of contextually-relevant "precise predictions" are there for e.g. gun control? Or taxes?

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