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Nic_Smith comments on Rational Regions? - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: katydee 19 October 2010 08:22AM

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Comment author: Nic_Smith 20 October 2010 05:53:06AM 4 points [-]

Looking for a place to live is one case where the difference between group rationality and individual rationality is really important. I would not want to live among otherwise nearly perfect intellectuals who nonetheless had a weak grasp of game theory, a strong distrust of markets, and misanthropic attitudes. No one would ever get anything done.

It's probably not as simple as looking up a demographic stat.