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Kawoomba comments on The Limits of My Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: JoshuaMyer 09 December 2014 09:08PM

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Comment author: Kawoomba 09 December 2014 11:31:13PM 3 points [-]

It's debatable whether "reciprocal altruism" isn't a contradiction in terms, and whether "quid pro quo" wouldn't be the more accurate descriptor for what is in essence "you scratched my back, so I'll scratch yours". Then again, I may just be griping because you made me look up Hegelianism in your other comment.

Comment author: JoshuaMyer 10 December 2014 12:03:16AM 1 point [-]

You are correct. Reciprocal altruism is an ideal not necessarily implementable and I should have written, "As far as the spirit of reciprocal altruism should dictate". :-)