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Lumifer comments on Open Thread April 16 - April 22, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 April 2014 12:35:29AM 2 points [-]

b) It is entirely nonobvious to me that this is either evil or stupid.

Consider two concepts: "credibility" and "multiple rounds". That's what makes it stupid.

Consider another idea: "I don't care about multiple rounds because after a single win I can do enough". That's what makes it evil.