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nyan_sandwich comments on Politics Discussion Thread February 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: OrphanWilde 06 February 2013 09:33PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 February 2013 04:45:30AM 1 point [-]

It could be that we (implicitly) choose to have problems for ourselves.

In case it's not clear. This means the FAI causing problems for us on our behalf, not literally making a choice we are aware of.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 February 2013 04:52:20AM 0 points [-]

In case it's not clear. This means the FAI causing problems for us on our behalf, not literally making a choice we are aware of.

(Or 'choosing not to intervene to solve all problems'. The difference matters to some, even if it is somewhat arbitrary.)