Dufaer comments on Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Ask Your Questions - Less Wrong

16 Post author: MichaelGR 11 November 2009 03:00AM

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Comment author: Dufaer 13 November 2009 12:09:50PM 0 points [-]

Oh, how convenient, isn’t it? Well, then what about a self-deception in order to increase a placebo effect; in a case where the concerned disease may or may not be life-threatening?

Comment author: pwno 13 November 2009 04:21:30PM 0 points [-]

I didn't say the costs always outweigh the benefits.