wedrifid comments on Really Extreme Altruism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 02 May 2011 08:07:41PM 9 points [-]

Not revealing info != dishonesty.

Optimizing your decisions so that other people will form less accurate beliefs is dishonesty. Making literally false statements you expect other people to believe is just a special case of this.

If you decide not to reveal info because you predict that info will enable another person to accurately predict your behavior and decline to enter an agreement with you, you are being dishonest.

Comment author: wedrifid 04 May 2011 04:51:03AM -1 points [-]

Optimizing your decisions so that other people will form less accurate beliefs is dishonesty. Making literally false statements you expect other people to believe is just a special case of this.

Only if dogs have five legs if you call a tail a leg.

Optimising your decisions so that other people will form less accurate beliefs can only be legitimately construed as dishonest if you say or otherwise communicate that it is your intention to produce accurate beliefs.