Will_Newsome 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?