Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Beware Trivial Inconveniences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yvain 06 May 2009 10:19:46PM *  10 points [-]

I agree with you 200%. I think a couple of countries in Europe might have that. I heard Brazil used to have it, but had to change it when stupid people got angry.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 May 2009 10:35:01PM 0 points [-]

There are two of you?

Comment author: Yvain 06 May 2009 10:41:20PM *  17 points [-]

"Soft paternalism relies for its justification on the notion that each of us contains multiple selves"

-- New York Times, The New, Soft Paternalism

Comment author: MBlume 06 May 2009 10:37:43PM 15 points [-]

Perhaps he feels twice as strongly (by some measure) about the issue than he estimates I do?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 May 2009 05:04:23AM 8 points [-]

Huh. That actually makes sense. I withdraw my objection.

(Eric S. Raymond called me a "hyperintelligent pedantic bastard" at Penguicon 2009. I was flattered.)

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