Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Rational Me or We? - Less Wrong

116 Post author: RobinHanson 17 March 2009 01:39PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 March 2009 10:04:10PM 0 points [-]

Roko, when you run into a case of "group win / individual loss" on epistemic rationality you should consider that a Can't Happen, like violating conservation of momentum or something.

In this case, you need to communicate one kind of information (likelihood ratios) and update on the product of those likelihood ratios, rather than trying to communicate the final belief. But the Can't Happen is a general rule.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 18 March 2009 10:47:07PM 1 point [-]

Roko, when you run into a case of "group win / individual loss" on epistemic rationality you should consider that a Can't Happen, like violating conservation of momentum or something.

Really!? No exceptions?

This doesn't feel right. If it is right, it sounds important. Please could you elaborate?