tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post7904800988491482896..comments2024-01-03T19:16:07.361+08:00Comments on Arrested Development: Believing in the MajorityElanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15447273349249042635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-11175376073138952892007-03-26T05:02:00.000+08:002007-03-26T05:02:00.000+08:00I like to share this conversation I had with my te...I like to share this conversation I had with my teen age son.<BR/> We were discussing evolution and religion. If we take the major religions of the world and evolution, non of them is the majority, and all claim to represent the truth, since their claims are different, they can not be all true. Hence, even if truth is within the groups, the group that is right is only the minority! It is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-21312860180790309392007-03-22T22:30:00.000+08:002007-03-22T22:30:00.000+08:00I like Dr.Hanson's work on the Economics of Brain ...I like Dr.Hanson's work on the <A HREF="http://hanson.gmu.edu/EconOfBrainSimulations.pdf" REL="nofollow"><I>Economics of Brain Simulations</I></A>. Where he considers how artificial intelligence will free economic growth from the limits of human population growth. Leading to possible doublings of wealth in time-spans less than a week...<BR/><BR/>Also other speculative but economically and zcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635799267909581959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-83044103829322229152007-03-22T13:28:00.000+08:002007-03-22T13:28:00.000+08:00I have not had a chance to look at Overcoming Bias...I have not had a chance to look at Overcoming Bias and so will take what you've written as setting out the essence of the posting you refer to. <BR/><BR/>Malaysia is a country in which 'general rules' do not apply. We cannot assume that the majority operates as majorities do elsewhere. Logic and reason do not appear to have any significant role to play in the minds of those we hear (granted thereMalik Imtiaz Sarwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06047439912593830984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-16392747729268787202007-03-21T13:19:00.000+08:002007-03-21T13:19:00.000+08:00But Dr Hanson, biases are universal!Haha, anyway, ...But Dr Hanson, biases are universal!<BR/><BR/>Haha, anyway, <I>Overcoming Bias</I> is definitely one of my favourite blogs - have been following it religiously (although silently).<BR/><BR/>And thank you for dropping by :)Elanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447273349249042635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-38374642664451513012007-03-21T13:18:00.000+08:002007-03-21T13:18:00.000+08:00reading the " overcoming bias " articles i guess, ...reading the " overcoming bias " articles i guess, helps to trigger more creative thinking and expands the mind, which to me, is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>from here, I have now started to read more about jurors and hindsight bias :)<BR/><BR/>felizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-10200751925963724052007-03-21T10:25:00.000+08:002007-03-21T10:25:00.000+08:00I suppose it seems provincial of me, but it seems ...I suppose it seems provincial of me, but it seems so cool to me that someone way out Malaysia likes our <I>Overcoming Bias</I> blog! :)Robin Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396528456436940972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-35652828205961250252007-03-21T02:53:00.000+08:002007-03-21T02:53:00.000+08:00Wow, it is indeed an interesting entry. Thanks for...Wow, it is indeed an interesting entry. Thanks for blogging about it. I <A HREF="http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/03/on_majoritarian.html#comment-63827136" REL="nofollow">commented </A>too.<BR/><BR/>I revise my previous comment on the relevance of evolutionary psychology to cognitive biases. It is not only makes much more sense, but is crucial in interpreting what our biases really are, and thezcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635799267909581959noreply@blogger.com