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Philip E. Tetlock: belief

22 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Philip E. Tetlock on Forecasting and Foraging as a Fox

“A combination of fluid intelligence and integrative complexity, I think, does boost up forecasting accuracy, yes.”

— Philip E. Tetlock

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Philip E. Tetlock
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22 Apr 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…And you think those politicians are also likely to be better forecasters? We’re not talking about huge effect sizes here or integrative complexity. I think that fluid intelligence is probably a more powerful predictor. A combination of fluid intelligence and integrative complexity, I think, does boost up forecasting accuracy, yes. And if you were running the CIA, those people who are pluralistic in the manner you just outlined, would you promote them more rapidly?…

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