Thanks for having my back, but I have to ask if I’ve missed the boat on some Less Wrong policies or unspoken understandings somewhere. What I said may have been a testable prediction, but I wasn’t aware that people’s posts had to be testable predictions to deserve upvotes. Am I required to list all my supporting evidence every time I make a future-looking statement? If I don’t, or even if I do, must I disclaim them the way corporations do on quarterly earnings conference calls?
gwern said above that (s)he’d “be happy to record” my prediction. I had no idea my predictions were being recorded at all. I thought this was just a discussion forum. Is Less Wrong actually a simulation of the prediction markets from Three Worlds Collide? Is Less Wrong a subsidiary of Intrade? Do I have cash or prizes waiting for me somewhere thanks to one of my earlier correct predictions?
but I wasn’t aware that people’s posts had to be testable predictions to deserve upvotes
No, it’s severally sufficient, not necessary—testable predictions deserve upvotes.
gwern said above that (s)he’d “be happy to record” my prediction. I had no idea my predictions were being recorded at all.
Predictions about MoR are commonly recorded on PredictionBook, which sadly does not offer prizes but can tell you how good your past predictions were so you can get better.
Thanks for having my back, but I have to ask if I’ve missed the boat on some Less Wrong policies or unspoken understandings somewhere. What I said may have been a testable prediction, but I wasn’t aware that people’s posts had to be testable predictions to deserve upvotes. Am I required to list all my supporting evidence every time I make a future-looking statement? If I don’t, or even if I do, must I disclaim them the way corporations do on quarterly earnings conference calls?
gwern said above that (s)he’d “be happy to record” my prediction. I had no idea my predictions were being recorded at all. I thought this was just a discussion forum. Is Less Wrong actually a simulation of the prediction markets from Three Worlds Collide? Is Less Wrong a subsidiary of Intrade? Do I have cash or prizes waiting for me somewhere thanks to one of my earlier correct predictions?
No, it’s severally sufficient, not necessary—testable predictions deserve upvotes.
Predictions about MoR are commonly recorded on PredictionBook, which sadly does not offer prizes but can tell you how good your past predictions were so you can get better.
If so, I missed the same boat. I looked at the downvotes and was like ‘Wha?’