Re: Vote on Valuess, Bet on Beliefs

From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 31 2000 - 17:47:22 MDT


Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>It strikes me that the amount of money one has, and the willingness to
>bet, does not necessarily correlate with either competence or
>informational advantage. Unless idea futures are a social fixture, as
>in Stiegler's _Webmind_, one wild-eyed millionaire could blow the whole
>system.

I may not have done a perfect job, but I really do address such issues
in the paper. Maybe you could give it a look before criticizing it?

Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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