Title: Theory / Unimportant / Human / blog / Less wrong / Gens / Vaniver

Name: Value of Information
Definition: how much answering a question allows a decision-maker to improve its decision
Page: http://lesswrong.com/lw/85x/value_of_information_four_examples/
Abbreviation: VoI

Question: Why Bayesian evidence are not legal evidence ?
Answer: Bayeasian evidence are not hard to game.
Page: http://lesswrong.com/lw/85x/value_of_information_four_examples/

Question: Why did divination was useful in real life ?
Answer: Using divination force you to consider a source of entropy in your choice, making you unpredictable
Page: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fnkbdwckdfHS2H22Q/steelmanning-divination-1