cousin_it comments on Rational lies - Less Wrong

6 Post author: alexflint 23 November 2009 03:32AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 23 November 2009 01:01:39PM 3 points [-]

Everyone seems to think they value truth more than other people. This may be a rationalization for the evolutionarily useful behavior of not blabbing too much.

Comment author: billswift 24 November 2009 01:27:41PM *  1 point [-]

Very ambiguous - Do you mean (1) that everyone values truth more than they value other people, or (2) that everyone believes they value truth more than other people value it? Or do you believe both are true? Or even another possibility that I missed?

Comment author: cousin_it 24 November 2009 01:48:17PM *  1 point [-]

I meant (2). Didn't notice the ambiguity when I wrote the comment, sorry.