Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 02 April 2012 06:12:57AM 3 points [-]

I don't get it.

Comment author: Vaniver 02 April 2012 05:21:34PM 3 points [-]

Short explanation: the person that knows why a thing must be done is generally the person who decides what must be done. Application to rationality: instrumental rationality is a method that serves goals. The part that values and the part that implements are distinct. (Also, you can see the separation of terminal and instrumental values.)

Comment author: gwern 04 April 2012 12:49:55AM 5 points [-]

And explains why businessmen keep more of the money than the random techies they hire.