orthonormal comments on Politics as Charity - Less Wrong

29 Post author: CarlShulman 23 September 2010 05:33AM

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Comment author: Nisan 23 September 2010 10:43:14PM 5 points [-]

If my decision process uses UDT-type reasoning, do I have a chance of acausally influencing people who don't know about UDT-type reasoning?

Comment author: orthonormal 24 September 2010 12:27:15AM 1 point [-]

This is actually a good question. Gary Drescher seems to think you can, but I think Eliezer is more skeptical.

Comment author: Nisan 24 September 2010 12:38:33AM 0 points [-]

Is this a topic in Good and Real?

Comment author: orthonormal 24 September 2010 01:07:43AM 0 points [-]

Yes– it's in the account of ethics, near the end.