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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 October 2011 08:40:49PM 0 points [-]

The act of becoming a maximiser is an act that would, in itself, satisfy its satisficing requirement. The act of staying a satisficer might not do so (because if it did, for ever, then the satisficer will just be content with remaining a satisficer for ever, and never getting anything done).