Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Burch's Law - Less Wrong

31 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 March 2007 02:39AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 March 2007 04:43:00AM 4 points [-]

Ian: you know, you're right. (Reference removed.)

Aaron, in this case I would define fair to mean consequences in proportion to the actions and decisions involved. Some other notable forms of unfairness which the universe presently practices include the birth lottery, not being warned that the action was potentially harmful, and impossibility of recovery.