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army1987 comments on Exploiting the Typical Mind Fallacy for more accurate questioning? - Less Wrong Discussion

31 Post author: Xachariah 17 July 2012 12:46AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 July 2012 04:08:08PM *  5 points [-]

This wouldn't reward people who don't steal because they don't want to, but only those so naive that the thought of stealing doesn't occur to them.

I'm not too comfortable with the idea of rewarding ignorance and punishing cynicism.

Comment author: DanArmak 19 July 2012 09:00:52PM 1 point [-]

Worse than that, if most people happened to believe fewer others steal than is true, it would punish people for knowing the truth.