bbleeker comments on What if "status" IS a terminal value for most people? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bbleeker 26 December 2012 10:05:45AM *  3 points [-]

It means everything I'd pieced together about people is utterly, utterly wrong, because it assumed that they all valued truth, and understanding

Can't a person value status and truth and understanding?

Comment author: handoflixue 26 December 2012 06:46:12PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but my anecdotal experience is that people who have both Knowledge AND Status as "terminal" values is fairly rare I'd assume there's also people who value neither :)

Comment author: tim 27 December 2012 05:33:49AM 1 point [-]

I would think that status-seeking behaviors would be more overt than truth-seeking and thus easier to identify in others.

Data point: I value both.