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mwaser comments on Yet Another "Rational Approach To Morality & Friendly AI Sequence" - Less Wrong Discussion

-6 Post author: mwaser 06 November 2010 04:30PM

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Comment author: mwaser 07 November 2010 09:47:01PM 0 points [-]

Could someone give me a hint as to why this particular comment which was specifically in answer to a question is being downvoted? I don't get it.

Comment author: jmmcd 07 November 2010 10:36:17PM *  0 points [-]

I didn't downvote because you were right that the hypothesis I provided (there are some rational options) was not equivalent to the question (which are the rational options). This is quite a fundamental point, so extra black marks to me for being careless.

However, Einstein's Arrogance doesn't deal with this fundamental point, so I disagree with "would have given you all of the above reply" and still dispute its relevance to Misha's original comment.

ETA: also you didn't address "what is a short-term rational answer?". Maybe these are possible reasons for downvoting?