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bogus comments on Open Thread, Feb 8 - Feb 15, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 09 February 2016 05:08:27PM 0 points [-]

Seems like a problem that could be solved by making more bets.

The problem is not finding out "how good you actually are". The problem is that making the bet locks you into a particular state of mind which involves more bias and less updating on evidence.

Comment author: bogus 09 February 2016 10:09:21PM 0 points [-]

The problem is that making the bet locks you into a particular state of mind which involves more bias and less updating on evidence.

It's not clear that this would be the case. Even if you're making only a few bets at a time (as opposed to participating in a liquid market), there will always be some odds at which you'll want to hedge the bet from the other side.