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23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 October 2008 12:09AM

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Comment author: Nate_Barna3 19 October 2008 04:21:31PM 0 points [-]

pdf23ds: I think considerations like these are probably not too meaningful. You're likely to be mentally unstable or misguided in some small way that has an overriding influence (at least at this level of effect) that you're unaware of.

Also, they might not be too meaningful if, anticipating in advance, one is allowed to say at a future point, 'Well, I applied virtues R, and this had optimal outcome A', because, anticipating in advance, one is allowed to think at a future point, 'Well, I applied virtues R, and unfortunately this had suboptimal outcome B'. This might be like planning to try and not planning to do, if the virtue variable is bound and the outcome variable is free.