From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 13:41:07 MDT
At 02:20 PM 6/20/2003 -0700, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>. It's worth noting that in the world of full transparency information
>is no longer different from real property in terms of enforceability and
>verifiability of contracts - it can be sold, and its theft can be prevented
>just as in the case of apples. ...
I think you need pretty extreme transparency before this is true. I was
focusing more on various intermediate degrees of transparency.
>The process for choosing ordinary beliefs is dependent on a large amount
>of data collected during phylogeny, as well as some input from ontogeny over
>many years. As such, it is the expression of adaptation to prevailing
>conditions. How would you then define "bias" in this context? What would be
>the meaning of a fully non-biased approach to formation of beliefs?
We were talking about people using self-deception instead of dishonesty.
For example, instead of lying and saying you are a great worker, you make
yourself believe it even when your evidence goes against this belief.
"Bias" mean processes that produce such systematic deviations.
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