There’s no single point at which distortion of beliefs becomes sufficiently large to register as “significant”—it’s a gradualist thing
But to avoid turning this into a fallacy of gray, you still need to take notice of the extent of the effect. Neither working on a bias, nor ignoring the bias, are “defaults”—it necessarily depends on the perceived level of significance.
But to avoid turning this into a fallacy of gray, you still need to take notice of the extent of the effect. Neither working on a bias, nor ignoring the bias, are “defaults”—it necessarily depends on the perceived level of significance.
I think I agree with you. My suggestion is that Less Wrong and SIAI are, at the margin, not paying enough attention to the bias (*).