shaun comments on Passing the Recursive Buck - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shaun 19 June 2008 11:57:47AM 0 points [-]

I think that decisions like this are different from individual to individual. I think that different aspects of our personality, our upbringing, and a myriad of other factors make up our decisions. Free will ultimately decide the outcome because we always have a choice to go against our nature. But not everyone can overcome their own nature.