Kawoomba comments on Rationality Quotes January 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kawoomba 12 January 2015 03:17:54PM * 3 points [-]

Truth had never been a priority. If believing a lie kept the genes proliferating, the system would believe that lie with all its heart.

Peter Watts, Echopraxia, on altruism. Well ok, I admit, not on altruism per se.