polymathwannabe comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 05 March 2014 05:34:58PM *  2 points [-]

"The ultimate incentive to cooperate" seems like an apt decision-theoretic description of what evolution wrought.

It's actually considerably more than just incentive to cooperate. Valuing the welfare/happiness of another above your own leads to many things other than game-theoretic cooperation.

Comment author: Ritalin 05 March 2014 07:28:42PM 0 points [-]

I'd like to hear more of what you have to say about that.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 March 2014 07:32:26PM 1 point [-]

Love (and consequences) is a very wide topic :-) Do you have anything particular in mind?