Peterdjones comments on Firewalling the Optimal from the Rational - Less Wrong

86 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 October 2012 08:01AM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 10 October 2012 11:41:33AM *  1 point [-]

It's common courtesy to follow the rules of the forum you're visiting, regardless of whether you disagree with the reasoning behind them. If you were unsure about whether a certain rule still applied, you could have just asked in advance about whether is still applied; not violate it as a test.

Comment author: Peterdjones 10 October 2012 12:32:27PM 6 points [-]

It's courteous to assume misunderstanding rather than malice. Which would entail explaining the reasons for deletions.