Caledonian2 comments on Science Doesn't Trust Your Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 14 May 2008 03:02:18PM 5 points [-]

An economy of genuinely selfish human-level agents would implode.

Wouldn't the implosion leave all the selfish agents worse off? If they were even rudimentarily rational, wouldn't they then act in a way to prevent that inward collapse?