Comments on: My Favorite Liar http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:17:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Horia Dragomir http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-436711 Horia Dragomir Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:49 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-436711 Yes, it is usually the teachers and professors that give you life lessons along with their course that stick with you the dearest. I most fondly remember the guy that made me crash my computer rather than the guy that taught me how to write the code to prevent that. Even though they were one and the same. Yes, it is usually the teachers and professors that give you life lessons along with their course that stick with you the dearest.

I most fondly remember the guy that made me crash my computer rather than the guy that taught me how to write the code to prevent that. Even though they were one and the same.

]]> By: Susan http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-432854 Susan Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:33:27 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-432854 @Toby Most likely you have retained that information throughout your life thus far because it is meaningful and usefully relevant to you. When material is not *used* regularly, when there is no direct application or need for it day-to-day (or even month to month) in someone's life then it eventually grows dim in the memory. If the nitty-gritty details of Capital Market are not relevant to her job, hobbies, social activities, and other aspects of her recent living experiences then it is not surprising those details have been forgotten as retaining that knowledge has long-since stopped serving and real and useful purpose. @Toby

Most likely you have retained that information throughout your life thus far because it is meaningful and usefully relevant to you. When material is not *used* regularly, when there is no direct application or need for it day-to-day (or even month to month) in someone’s life then it eventually grows dim in the memory.

If the nitty-gritty details of Capital Market are not relevant to her job, hobbies, social activities, and other aspects of her recent living experiences then it is not surprising those details have been forgotten as retaining that knowledge has long-since stopped serving and real and useful purpose.

]]> By: AskAPhD.org http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-429635 AskAPhD.org Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:55:14 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-429635 Great teaching technique! Thanks for sharing in such a nice article! Great teaching technique! Thanks for sharing in such a nice article!

]]> By: Dekut.com http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407817 Dekut.com Sat, 23 May 2009 10:09:02 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407817 <strong>My Favorite Liar</strong> One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar. My Favorite Liar

One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar.

]]> By: Matt http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407816 Matt Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:22:14 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407816 that's a fantastic idea... it seems like it'd be hard to implement, though. i imagine it would take a truly gifted teacher that’s a fantastic idea… it seems like it’d be hard to implement, though. i imagine it would take a truly gifted teacher

]]> By: DigitalMind http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407815 DigitalMind Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407815 Wow !! What a great teaching technique ! I can see how this makes people pay attention a lot more and makes people REALLY study what they learn. Wow !! What a great teaching technique ! I can see how this makes people pay attention a lot more and makes people REALLY study what they learn.

]]> By: Frank http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407814 Frank Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:27:32 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407814 Sounds like a prick. Sounds like a prick.

]]> By: RPO http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407813 RPO Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:30:15 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407813 As a college student, this would help to reinforce information. I would undoubtedly enjoy this professor. As a college student, this would help to reinforce information. I would undoubtedly enjoy this professor.

]]> By: tribe.net: www.overcomingbias.com http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407818 tribe.net: www.overcomingbias.com Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:41:28 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407818 <strong>hmmmm</strong> February 24, 2008 My Favorite Liar [the following recounts an exceptional... hmmmm

February 24, 2008
My Favorite Liar

[the following recounts an exceptional…

]]> By: Hasan Özdemir http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html#comment-407812 Hasan Özdemir Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:55:49 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/02/my-favorite-liar.html#comment-407812 The approach seems pretty amusing. However,Teachers don't let students water the subject. The approach seems pretty amusing. However,Teachers don’t let students water the subject.

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