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hairyfigment comments on [Poll] Who looks better in your eyes? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hairyfigment 26 August 2011 04:07:46AM 2 points [-]

I didn't know how to answer this question in the abstract. But I do hope that people like Descartes and Bacon acted more like Person A, so it looks like I'd admire Person A more in these cases.

Obviously I'm assuming that a real danger exists to explain the deception.