Vaniver comments on Calibrate your self-assessments - LessWrong

68 Post author: Yvain 09 October 2011 11:26PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 22 October 2011 08:16:13AM 0 points [-]

It's unnecessary. Look at some normal distributions, and it's easy to see that having a high variance of attractiveness is sufficient to explain high positive responses (that motivate 5-ratings and messaging) and highly negative responses (that motivate 1-ratings).

Emphasis mine. Is there a difference between this and "quirky"?

Comment author: HughRistik 22 October 2011 08:03:10PM 0 points [-]

I think you were on the right track with the word "quirky." It was the OkCupid article's game theoretic hypothesis that I was objected (referenced by avoiding people "inundated with messages" in your comment).

Comment author: Vaniver 22 October 2011 10:29:35PM 2 points [-]

Gotcha. I saw their game theory as justifying why people think quirkiness is (sometimes) attractive, not something people are consciously doing.

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