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bogus comments on Open Thread for January 17 - 23 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: niceguyanon 17 January 2014 01:26PM

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Comment author: bogus 23 January 2014 08:20:32AM *  0 points [-]

My guess is that the comment was downvoted because it's wrong, or at least inaccurate. People are seldom rewarded for harming others: using Carlo M. Cipolla's terminology, there is an important distinction between banditry and stupidity. Banditry probably causes quite a bit of harm, but stupidity may be far more common overall. It's also more relevant to LessWrong's goal of promoting rationality.