magfrump comments on Reference Points - Less Wrong

32 Post author: lionhearted 17 November 2010 08:09AM

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Comment author: xamdam 17 November 2010 05:21:10PM 2 points [-]

I think that's a rational response

In the timespan under discussion

first hour or day

you just justified crack usage

Comment author: magfrump 17 November 2010 06:05:54PM 1 point [-]

That was, I believe, implicit in the original post. The reason that it's scary is that it doesn't just apply to scratching a rash, it also applies to doing hard drugs.

Reference points, as used by default, make it very easy to throw your life away. That's what makes it scary.