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Viliam comments on Should we admit it when a person/group is "better" than another person/group? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam 17 February 2016 01:52:14PM *  0 points [-]

One day if we'll have the explicit formula for human Coherent Extrapolated Volition, it may become possible to measure one's impact on the society on a single scale. Until then, there is no such thing as a scalar "a.impactOnSociety(time)".

Also: there are many sources of evidence about a person. Some people stop immediately after taking one piece of evidence (such as race) into account, even if there are other pieces available. Of course such motivated thinking is a mistake separate from mere "using evidence about people / groups".