Nisan comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nisan 13 September 2012 12:34:17PM 2 points [-]

Doing unto others that which causes maximum total happiness leaves you vulnerable to Newcomb problems. You want to do unto others that which logically entails maximum total happiness. Under certain conditions, this is the same as Pauling's recommendation.

Comment author: DanielLC 13 September 2012 05:53:22PM 0 points [-]

I never mentioned causation. If you find a way to maximize it acausally, do that.