steven0461 comments on The Neuroscience of Desire - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 11 April 2011 07:57:16PM 0 points [-]

How so?

One way I can see to go wrong even with the technical sense of "winning" is if you're comparing a rational agent to an irrational agent who happens to start out with other, more important advantages. The right comparison is between rational and irrational versions of the same agent.