VAuroch comments on Sorting Pebbles Into Correct Heaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VAuroch 25 November 2013 06:34:06PM 0 points [-]

This to me drives directly to the heart of whether you value rationality over existence. You don't personally 'win', humanity doesn't 'win', but rationality is maximized.

Why should I value rationality if it results in me losing everything I care about? What is the virtue, to us, of someone else's rationality?