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The opening anecdote demonstrates a lack of understanding of how to guess on game shows. Mick Jagger is a perfectly reasonable guess for "An old person whose n
by powera 4y ago
The opening anecdote demonstrates a lack of understanding of how to guess on game shows. Mick Jagger is a perfectly reasonable guess for "An old person whose name sounds like Micklewhite".
- powera 4y agoAlso, the so-called explanations for unexpected rankings seem very much like "fishing for an plausible-sounding explanation", when "the system is flawed" is actually the more plausible explanation. (note https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fysgqk4CjAwhBgNYT/fake-explanations https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fysgqk4CjAwhBgNYT/fake-expla... )