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Eliezer Yudkowsky once wrote an excellent analysis of this fallacy: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NMoLJuDJEms7Ku9XS/guessing-the-teacher-s-password https://w
by cubefox 3y ago
Eliezer Yudkowsky once wrote an excellent analysis of this fallacy:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NMoLJuDJEms7Ku9XS/guessing-the-teacher-s-password https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NMoLJuDJEms7Ku9XS/guessing-t...
- xyzelement 3y agoThis is spot on and a great articulation of this concept.
- Modified3019 3y agoFor those confused by the warm plate thing, it’s a reference to this trick the author had posted the previous day https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fysgqk4CjAwhBgNYT/fake-explanations https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fysgqk4CjAwhBgNYT/fake-expla... where the reason the plate it warmer farther away from the radiator, is because the instructor spun it around prior to the students entering the room.