Comment by Arnold_Kling on Applause Lights · 2007-09-11T23:18:37.000Z · LW · GW

See also Trust Cues.

Comment by Arnold_Kling on Blue or Green on Regulation? · 2007-03-15T20:20:31.000Z · LW · GW

There is a business joke that says you cannot make something idiot-proof, because they can always build a better idiot.

With financial scams, for instance, you can always stop a fool from participating in one particular scam. But if the fool is determined to participate in some scam, somehow, you cannot stop the fool. I think that many fools have that degree of determination.