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22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 February 2009 12:49AM

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Comment author: Robin_Hanson2 17 February 2009 01:25:54AM 18 points [-]

Quoting myself:

The cynic's conundrum is that while a cynic might prefer that others believe an idealistic theory of his cynical mood, his own cynical beliefs should lead him to believe a cynical theory of his cynical mood. That is, cynics should think that rude complainers tend to be losers, rather than altruists.