Morendil comments on Morality as Parfitian-filtered Decision Theory? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 31 August 2010 04:23:39PM *  3 points [-]

I liked the metaphor. Russell was a smart man. But so was von Neumann, and Aumann and Myerson must have gotten their Nobel prizes for doing something useful.

So, am I to understand that you like people with Nobel prizes? If I start writing the names of impressive people can I claim some of their status for myself too? How many times will I be able to do it before the claims start to wear thin?

Comment author: Morendil 31 August 2010 04:41:32PM 5 points [-]

Before I broke down and hit the Kibitz button I had a strong hunch that Clippy had written the above. Interesting. ;)