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Jayson_Virissimo comments on Smart, (young), ambitious and clueless -- what to do to maximize goodness? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 14 July 2011 05:38:56PM *  0 points [-]

Like (probably most) other people, Caesium gets utility from helping other people. How could you possibly know whether Caesium is acting irrationally without knowing his or her preferences?

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 14 July 2011 06:11:38PM *  4 points [-]

Don't feed the troll. (If the parent doesn't look like trolling to you, look at SeanTheMystic's past comments.)

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 15 July 2011 04:15:28AM *  2 points [-]

My mistake; I took an obvious troll for a confused newbie. I will adopt the norm of checking past comments before replying. I am actually quite shocked; I'm not used to seeing this kind of thing on Less Wrong.

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