NancyLebovitz 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: MaoShan 10 October 2012 03:18:51AM 0 points [-]

Because if they don't, they are looked at with suspicion and ostracized.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 October 2012 06:16:32AM 1 point [-]

For what it's worth, another student noticed I wasn't actually saying the pledge and hassled me mildly about it. I gave in immediately and started saying the pledge-- it didn't seem worth the effort of opposition.

This didn't increase my (very minimal) sense of patriotism. Oddly enough, I don't think it lowered my sense of patriotism, either.