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James_Miller comments on Open thread Jan. 5-11, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: polymathwannabe 05 January 2015 12:48PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 07 January 2015 04:23:48AM 9 points [-]

Consistent with why children care so little about their future.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 07 January 2015 04:29:41AM *  5 points [-]

DataPacRat's comment together with your observation strike me as the most interesting thing I've seen in an open thread in a while. I'm not convinced that the idea is in any sense correct or even a good idea but the originality is striking. It is easy to come up with obviously wrong ideas that are original, but coming up with an original (I think) idea that is that plausible is more impressive, and your observation makes it more striking.

Comment author: Benito 07 January 2015 10:32:13AM 3 points [-]

This echoes my thoughts.