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Agree with this. Have had to learn to do this with some people I know who intuit a lot of their beliefs, but tend to be right a lot.

This seems like an informal extension of the no disagreement theroem to situations where the agent are not perfect rationalists.

> The cost of catching the flu despite not receiving a flu shot was estimated as being 1000 USD for a healthy adult, given the cost of losing 4-5 days of productivity if one's time is valued at 20 USD/hour, plus the costs of providing palliative care to oneself, estimated at 100 USD, and the cost equivalent to the negative monetary value of experiencing a lower quality of life than usual while sick, estimated at 200 USD. <<

This is this bit that stands out the most to me as warranting some analysis. Maybe in the US things are very different, bu... (read more)