Will_Newsome comments on The curse of identity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 25 July 2012 08:40:48PM -1 points [-]

But I remain unconvinced, and in the meantime the payoff matrix asymmetrically favors caution.

Are you sure it doesn't instead favor incautiously maximizing the amount of resources that can be spent on caution?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 07 August 2012 03:17:49AM 0 points [-]

We've had many hours of discussion since you asked this—did I answer your question satisfactorily during those house perchance?