Annoyance comments on Beware of Other-Optimizing - Less Wrong

79 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 April 2009 01:58AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 10 April 2009 07:59:07AM *  4 points [-]

There's no problem with you - it's your parents who are making a big mistake. Fortunately it's never too late to correct. You can persuade them to stop supporting you, cold turkey.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 April 2009 09:58:02AM *  9 points [-]

Yeah, um... that might work, it might not. If you haven't been in CronoDAS's exact situation, be careful about dispensing this kind of advice, and really, be careful even then.

Comment author: Annoyance 10 April 2009 03:28:29PM 1 point [-]

No two situations are ever exactly alike. The only person ever to be in CronoDAS's exact situation is CronoDAS.