William_Quixote comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: William_Quixote 02 June 2013 11:00:48PM 4 points [-]

You may be thinking your priorities are more typical than they are. A straight forward utilitarian might think its a reasonable view / goal. There are lots of people out there.

As a more general point rationality doesn't speak to end goals, it speaks to achieving those goals. See orthogonality hypothesis.