wedrifid comments on Individual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality - Less Wrong
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That makes sense, I was aggregating 'goals that individuals here have in common' rather than 'goals that we can all cooperate on'.
I don't recall a top level post on the subject, just many little tangents when it has been cited. People (I assume) all agree that it expresses a good point (along the lines of 'I don't care how well justified you make your decision, if it makes you two-box you fail'). The objections are:
It is unfortunate that there isn't a powerful two-word motto that doesn't have any misleading technical implications. (I also don't imply that what you mean when you say 'rationalists win' is not entirely coherent, with these connotations accounted for.)
True but inevitable; two words just isn't enough to narrow things down very much, so there will necessarily be some interpretations under which the phrase is problematic.
Given that, I think 'rationalists win' is a good motto.