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Dagon comments on The Ultimate Testing Grounds - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 October 2015 05:08PM

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Comment author: Dagon 29 October 2015 10:31:06PM *  0 points [-]

This is a good point. Theory of second-best implies that if you take an optimal recommendation and take away any of the conditions, there is no guarantee that the remaining components are optional without the missing one.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 30 October 2015 08:37:27AM 0 points [-]

for links, you need to put the "[" brakets for the text, "(" for the links ;-)

Comment author: Dagon 30 October 2015 04:08:21PM 0 points [-]

Thanks, fixed.