buybuydandavis comments on [LINK] Why I'm not on the Rationalist Masterlist - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 07 January 2014 11:36:36PM 3 points [-]

I don't think so.

Sympathy tends to extend more for lack of capability than poor choices.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 08 January 2014 11:31:38AM *  2 points [-]

Sympathy tends to extend more for lack of capability than poor choices.

And it takes some non-intuitive insight to understand that in some situations "poor choices" are caused by a "lack of capability". Specifically, a capability to think or act sufficiently rationally. (Where "sufficiently" depends on the specific situation.)