ata comments on Rationality quotes: August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ata 03 August 2010 02:10:27AM 5 points [-]

Getting from "other people's minds are probably similar to mine" to "I care about other people's minds" still requires some implicit premises or some psychological features beyond egoism (e.g. empathy).

Comment author: Will_Newsome 03 August 2010 07:08:40PM *  2 points [-]

Specifically it requires "I care about myself" with saner boundaries around what counts as 'self' as the implicit premise.

Added: Any specific reason for the downvote?

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 03 August 2010 04:50:07AM *  0 points [-]

Evolution (of genes and/or memes) is probably sufficient to generate this.

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Comment author: ata 03 August 2010 02:55:49AM *  1 point [-]

Indeed. But my comment was a reply to Will's.

Comment author: NihilCredo 03 August 2010 03:23:18AM 0 points [-]

Mine eyes, they deceive me! Deleted.

Comment author: WrongBot 03 August 2010 04:26:10AM 15 points [-]

Please don't delete comments. It makes it hard to understand orphaned replies. Adding an [Edit: Withdrawn] at the end of the comment serves the same purpose, but maintains conversational continuity.