Tim_Tyler comments on Fake Selfishness - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 November 2007 02:31AM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 27 July 2008 05:14:52PM 0 points [-]

Re: It looks to me like when people espouse a philosophy of selfishness, it has no effect on their behavior

This is almost certainly not true of conscious genetic selfishness. Such individuals can be expected to engage in various rare and unusual activities - such as donating to sperm banks.