The difference in optimisation targets between LW and H&B researchers is an important thing to point out, and probably the main thing I’ll take away from this post.
Biases can:-
Be interesting to learn about
Serve an academic/political purpose to research
Give insight into the workings of human cognition
Be fun to talk about
Actually help to achieve your goals by understanding them
And the correlations between any 2 of these things need not be strong or positive.
Is it the halo effect if we assume that a more interesting bias will better help us achieve our goals?
The difference in optimisation targets between LW and H&B researchers is an important thing to point out, and probably the main thing I’ll take away from this post.
Biases can:-
Be interesting to learn about
Serve an academic/political purpose to research
Give insight into the workings of human cognition
Be fun to talk about
Actually help to achieve your goals by understanding them
And the correlations between any 2 of these things need not be strong or positive.
Is it the halo effect if we assume that a more interesting bias will better help us achieve our goals?