I strongly agree. As an anecdotal data point, I understood the suggested alternative but not the original wording. And it is a powerful point to miss because I haven’t heard of Kahnemann and Tversky.
Also, if mentioning specific researchers were central to the point, I would recommend linking to a resource about them, or better yet, create entries for them on the Less Wrong Wiki and link to those.
Seconded! Those names didn’t ring a bell for me either, though I’m familiar with the results from Prespect Theory (I probably read about them on OB), and that’s probably what talisman was refering to.
Definitely worth reading up. K & T are the intellectual fathers of the entire modern heuristics and biases program. There was some earlier work (e.g. Allais) but from what I hazily recall that work was fairly muddled conceptually.
I strongly agree. As an anecdotal data point, I understood the suggested alternative but not the original wording. And it is a powerful point to miss because I haven’t heard of Kahnemann and Tversky.
Also, if mentioning specific researchers were central to the point, I would recommend linking to a resource about them, or better yet, create entries for them on the Less Wrong Wiki and link to those.
Done, thanks for the feedback!
I made the mistake I’m talking about—assuming certain things were well-known.
Seconded! Those names didn’t ring a bell for me either, though I’m familiar with the results from Prespect Theory (I probably read about them on OB), and that’s probably what talisman was refering to.
Definitely worth reading up. K & T are the intellectual fathers of the entire modern heuristics and biases program. There was some earlier work (e.g. Allais) but from what I hazily recall that work was fairly muddled conceptually.