Blueberry comments on A speculation on Near and Far Modes - Less Wrong

14 Post author: MichaelVassar 21 July 2010 06:24AM

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Comment author: Liron 21 July 2010 06:39:09PM 6 points [-]

Come on, this is the same kind of irrelevant point that an anti-cryonicist would cleverly think up, rather than actually considering their actual preferences like they do when they're trying to get the best deals on amazon.com.

The people who preferred a white iPhone 4 waited an extra month to get it.

If a couples has had two boys, and now prefers a girl, then why mess around with Y-type sperm at all? It's because society says you're not allowed to use the "help yourself to what you want" pattern when the domain of your utility function is too biological.

Conflict between utility function maximization and cognitive conformity = rationality litmus test.

Comment author: Blueberry 21 July 2010 07:11:38PM -1 points [-]

The people who preferred a white iPhone 4 waited an extra month to get it.

But now they get a free case, instead of having to buy one...

Comment author: Liron 21 July 2010 07:40:11PM 0 points [-]

Current owners can get the free case too.