Eugine_Nier comments on AALWA: Ask any LessWronger anything - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 25 March 2014 03:58:40AM 1 point [-]

Yes, but I tend not to advertise too much that people should be less certain about their altruism, since it's hard to see how that could be good for me regardless of what my values are or ought to be.

One issue is that an altruist has a harder time noticing if he's doing something wrong. An altruist with false beliefs is much more dangerous than an egotist with false beliefs.