prase comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 03 September 2012 06:26:51PM *  5 points [-]

I use "hypocrisy" to denote all instances of people violating their own declared moral standards, especially when they insist they aren't doing it after receiving feedback (if they can realise what they did after being told, only then I'd prefer to call it a 'mistake'). The reason why I don't restrict the word to deliberate lying is that I think deliberate lying of this sort is extremely rare; self-serving biases are effective in securing that.

Comment author: Exiles 04 September 2012 07:58:16AM -2 points [-]

especially when they insist they aren't doing it after receiving feedback

You underestimate force of habit, prase.

Comment author: prase 04 September 2012 04:14:48PM 1 point [-]

Can you explain?