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Alexei comments on Rationality and Video Games - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Alexei 18 September 2011 07:26PM

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Comment author: Alexei 18 September 2011 09:35:12PM *  3 points [-]

That's an interesting point. How do you think games could help create "fountains"?

Edit: Actually, a more relevant question is "Why fountains?" And "What exactly do you mean by them?"

Comment author: EStokes 19 September 2011 04:35:57PM 0 points [-]

Fountains for raising the sanity waterline in specific places where there'll be a greater impact.

Comment author: Alexei 19 September 2011 06:10:26PM 0 points [-]

That makes sense, but I don't know where the specific places are. I could make a guess or two. Either way, I love making games, so this is the path I'm taking, but I'll agree that if you want to maximize rationality, a wide-spread approach might not be the best thing (more research needed).