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48 Post author: MBlume 16 April 2009 09:06AM

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Comment author: mitechka 17 April 2009 10:38:19PM *  0 points [-]

I guess, this is what comes out of writing in a hurry. The way it came out, I am an arrogant ass, who only reads what others have to say to see if it relates to something he, himself wants to say. I found most articles on both OB and LW to be enlightening and some to be a major revelation. The way I view the world changed in a significant way in the past 6 months and in a large part this was due to reading OB/LW and trying to read up on philosophy, math, physics etc. to better understand what people on OB and LW are saying. The topics I am contemplating writing about are concept of "deserving" in relation to utilitarianism and everyday Prisoner's Dilemma type situations and how they differentiate from classical definition of PD.

Edited: and I can definitely manage better grammar

Comment author: MBlume 17 April 2009 11:09:12PM 0 points [-]

The way it came out, I am an arrogant ass, who only reads what others have to say to see if it relates to something he, himself wants to say.

I actually didn't get this impression at all -- no worries =)

Comment author: steven0461 17 April 2009 10:45:42PM *  0 points [-]

See True PD, though you may have other differences in mind. Desert in utilitarianism hasn't been discussed as far as I remember. And FWIW, great-grandparent did not come off as arrogant to me.

Comment author: ciphergoth 18 April 2009 10:34:30AM 0 points [-]

I am keen to see a discussion of desert in utilitarianism/consequentialism.