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CronoDAS comments on If there was one element of statistical literacy that you could magically implant in every head, what would it be? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CronoDAS 24 February 2016 10:29:36PM 0 points [-]

It's also a lot harder to detect "point shaving" - winning by less of a margin than expected - than it is to detect someone deliberately choosing to lose a game outright.