Jiro comments on Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease - Less Wrong

236 Post author: Yvain 30 May 2010 09:16PM

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Comment author: Jiro 19 November 2013 09:33:00PM 0 points [-]

If we have different rules for minors and the insane, why can't we have different rules for Jiro? "Jiro" is certainly as good a reference class as "minors".

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 19 November 2013 09:46:35PM 1 point [-]

Remember the "apt". You would need to explain why you need those particular rules.

Comment author: Vaniver 19 November 2013 09:52:58PM 1 point [-]

Explain to who? And do I just have to explain it, or do they have to agree?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 19 November 2013 09:57:59PM -2 points [-]

In rationality land, one rational agent is as good as another