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army1987 comments on Irrationality Game III - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: CellBioGuy 12 March 2014 01:51PM

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Comment author: lmm 14 March 2014 12:48:31PM 2 points [-]

Irrationality game: people are happier when living in traditional social structures, and value being part of their traditions[1]. The public existence of "weird" relationships (homosexuality, polyamory, BDSM, ...) is actively harmful to most people; the open practice of them is a net negative for world utility. Morally good actions include condemnation and censorship of such things.

[1] Or rather what they believe are their traditions; these beliefs may not be particularly well-correlated with reality.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 March 2014 03:22:12AM 1 point [-]

Probability?

Comment author: lmm 17 March 2014 09:03:13AM 1 point [-]

Ah, sorry. 0.8