ChristianKl comments on Rationality Quotes November 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 November 2013 11:41:52PM 2 points [-]

For example, both nonsmokers and smokers overestimate the health costs of smoking, which suggests that if their estimates became more accurate, we might see more smokers, not less.

That in no way implies that it would be a good choice for people to smoke more. People don't make those decisions through rational analysis.