timtyler comments on A Suite of Pragmatic Considerations in Favor of Niceness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 06 January 2010 08:46:23PM 0 points [-]

The way I read it 'rational' and 'honest' referred to the first clause of the sentence only.

For an example of an opinion consistent with an aim, consider a big tobacco sales exec who believes that cigarettes do not cause cancer.

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 06 January 2010 08:49:44PM *  0 points [-]

We probably don't actually disagree.