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Dorikka comments on LW was started to help altruists - Less Wrong Discussion

-6 Post author: rhollerith_dot_com 19 February 2011 09:13PM

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Comment author: Dorikka 20 February 2011 01:35:23AM 2 points [-]

I'm not sure here what you mean by 'true.' One or the other may be more optimal in terms of maximizing a given utility function, but I doubt that the same answer optimizes all utility functions (so we should consider such on a case by case basis.)

Comment author: steven0461 20 February 2011 11:07:48PM 2 points [-]

Yes, I should have been more careful and allowed for the possibility of fundamentally divergent values, but I'd be surprised if a substantial part of all the considerations that go into the question weren't shared across people.