shminux comments on Rationality Quotes November 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 01 November 2013 10:16:05PM *  2 points [-]

Anyway, Google doesn't turn any reference to Parfit's Hitchhiker independent of LessWrong. Has this dilemma really originated from Parfit or did EY make it up?

Google points to this as the original reference. It's paywalled, so I cannot check.

The paper also apparently mentions Kavka's toxin puzzle, an interesting exercise in rationality and precommitment occasionally discussed on LW.

Comment author: V_V 02 November 2013 09:18:49AM 0 points [-]

Google points to this as the original reference. It's paywalled, so I cannot check.

Thanks. I've also found this one, which is not paywalled.