Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 21 October 2009 02:43:30AM 1 point [-]

I'm actually an example of this - where I don't otherwise care, I will pick the third option, or the option that's related to the number three in some way (preferably related to powers of three, but multiples of 9 are preferred over other multiples of three as well). If I didn't care very much about apples vs. oranges, I'd be fairly likely to pay a penny for the third box/button/whatever. I also know two people who feel similarly about the number 8.

In tangentially related news, I'm sad that I'm turning 28 next month. Yes, I know I'm strange.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 October 2009 07:37:31PM 1 point [-]

You mean your second annual 27th birthday?

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 22 October 2009 12:03:50AM 0 points [-]

<laughs> Cute idea, but I value signaling an interest in accuracy/not coming off like a loon over being associated with the number 3. The former actually affect things in my life.