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Would you want Tesla to publish _every_ small change they make, or just this one because you read about it? Because absolutely no company in the world anywhere
by radu_floricica 5y ago
Would you want Tesla to publish _every_ small change they make, or just this one because you read about it? Because absolutely no company in the world anywhere will publish all changes they make to their product or production line.
What we're seeing here is a rather pesky bias called "Isolated Demand for Rigor". You shouldn't feel bad: it's quite common, very hard to figure out if you don't know about it, and almost impossible if it mixes with confirmation bias. For a fun post about it: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/14/beware-isolated-demands-for-rigor/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/14/beware-isolated-demand...
Well. For certain values of fun. I always thought Scott was so pissed at this bias he was in a very "fuck you" mood when he wrote it.