HungryTurtle comments on Rationally Irrational - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HungryTurtle 06 April 2012 04:37:55PM 0 points [-]

When you should "lose", "losing" is the objective, and instrumental rationality

Thank you for your insightful comments. I chose to call it winning to try and build off the existing terminology of the community, but that might have been a mistake. What was meant by "winning" was goal achievement, what was meant by "losing" was acting in a way that did not move towards any perceived goal, perhaps it would be better described as having no goal.

Inaction is technically a type of action, but I think there needs to be a distinction between them. Choosing to suspend intentionality is technically a type of intentionality, but I still think there needs to be a distinction. What do you think?