IlyaShpitser comments on Rationality & Low-IQ People - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 03 February 2014 03:14:39PM *  3 points [-]
Comment author: khafra 03 February 2014 04:25:59PM 1 point [-]

Ivan achieves good outcomes despite his lack of overt strategizing. But I'm not sure whether that's because he's instrumentally rational in a low-IQ way; or whether it's because his behavior is virtuous, and his story's creators want to endorse virtuous behavior. However, I'm also uncertain about how far low-IQ instrumentally rational behavior diverges from folk virtue.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 17 March 2014 11:08:18AM 3 points [-]

"Virtue" is doing things like cooperate on PD. "Virtue" is sort of folk rationality -- if everyone were virtuous outcomes would be pretty good.