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Someone should mention the Marshmallow Experiment [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford

• JoelMcCracken 12y ago
  I've been reading the recently released book on this (www.amazon.com/Marshmallow-Test-Mastering-Self-Control/dp/0316230871/) and it has been interesting & good. I recommend it to anyone interested in discipline/self-control.
• giblfiz 12y ago
  Interesting that you should bring that up. I'm the author, and I talk about the Marshmallow experiment a great deal in the next article http://7goldfish.com/in_defence_of_cognitive_bais http://7goldfish.com/in_defence_of_cognitive_bais
  • eli_gottlieb 12y ago
    It is certainly true that increasing bias/approximation error can lead to decreased variance/estimation error, or even to an efficiently solvable problem rather than an inefficiently solvable problem. But somehow I don't think that's what's usually meant.