Comments on: Open Thread http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Abramovicl http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428564 Abramovicl Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:35:00 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428564 <p>Hi , i have some questions about you desing maybe you can give designer contacts?</p> Hi , i have some questions about you desing
maybe you can give designer contacts?

]]> By: Frank Hirsch http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428563 Frank Hirsch Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:13:00 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428563 <p>Randomize the list using a quantum source. A few worlds are bound to come up with an optimal selection & reading order... =)</p> Randomize the list using a quantum source. A few worlds are bound to come up with an optimal selection & reading order… =)

]]> By: Doug S. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428562 Doug S. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:59:00 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428562 <p>We should have a "greatest hits" collection on the main page for new readers to look at, so they don't have to filter through a year or so of archived posts to find the best stuff. Any suggestions for such a list?</p> We should have a “greatest hits” collection on the main page for new readers to look at, so they don’t have to filter through a year or so of archived posts to find the best stuff. Any suggestions for such a list?

]]> By: bw http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428561 bw Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:04:00 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-428561 <p>One post in a 71-post thread (Pascal's Mugging) is over-posting? As you wish, not that big a deal.</p> One post in a 71-post thread (Pascal’s Mugging) is over-posting? As you wish, not that big a deal.

]]> By: Recovering irrationalist http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414799 Recovering irrationalist Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:34:01 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414799 My impression from outside this blog is Eliezer actually feels more comfortable with reasonably polite disagreement than agreement. My impression from outside this blog is Eliezer actually feels more comfortable with reasonably polite disagreement than agreement.

]]> By: g http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414798 g Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:42:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414798 Er, that's "then ban them if they don't improve or stop", of course. Er, that’s “then ban them if they don’t improve or stop”, of course.

]]> By: g http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414797 g Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:41:46 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414797 I've seen plenty of people disagree with plenty of other people (including, e.g., Robin and Eliezer) and not have their posts deleted. If yours have been, perhaps there's some other reason besides disagreement? (For what it's worth, I don't think anything should be deleted other than spam and potentially illegal material; if someone's comments are useless enough that deleting them might be worth while, better to warn them and then ban them, rather than actually falsifying the record, as it were. Also for what it's worth, I don't recall your comments being such as to merit either treatment.) I’ve seen plenty of people disagree with plenty of other people (including, e.g., Robin and Eliezer) and not have their posts deleted. If yours have been, perhaps there’s some other reason besides disagreement?

(For what it’s worth, I don’t think anything should be deleted other than spam and potentially illegal material; if someone’s comments are useless enough that deleting them might be worth while, better to warn them and then ban them, rather than actually falsifying the record, as it were. Also for what it’s worth, I don’t recall your comments being such as to merit either treatment.)

]]> By: bw http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414796 bw Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:29:31 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414796 It is extraordinary that people who even slightly disagree with you have their posts deleted. Have never seen anything like this. It is extraordinary that people who even slightly disagree with you have their posts deleted. Have never seen anything like this.

]]> By: Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414795 Eliezer Yudkowsky Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:21:58 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414795 Anders: <i>When we are suggesting additions, maybe a search function in the bar would also be useful?</i> Done. Anders: When we are suggesting additions, maybe a search function in the bar would also be useful?

Done.

]]> By: Robin Hanson http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414794 Robin Hanson Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:24:33 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/10/open-thread-20.html#comment-414794 Tom, it is rude, if not more, to publish private emails. You say that your concerns cannot be expressed in game theoretic terms, and I say this suggests you don't understand what information means. As Eliezer notes, I have devoted as much time to you seems affordable. Note that you offer no other signals of competence in related areas which might tempt me to devote more time to you. Your <a href="" rel="nofollow">resume</a>, for example, lists no education or employment whatsoever. Tom, it is rude, if not more, to publish private emails. You say that your concerns cannot be expressed in game theoretic terms, and I say this suggests you don’t understand what information means. As Eliezer notes, I have devoted as much time to you seems affordable. Note that you offer no other signals of competence in related areas which might tempt me to devote more time to you. Your resume, for example, lists no education or employment whatsoever.

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