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Comment author: Username 08 January 2015 08:13:01PM *  3 points [-]

Interesting to think that empathy for others might be the same mechanism by which we make long term decisions.

Closely related to this whole discussion is Self-empathy as a source of "willpower".

Comment author: tut 09 January 2015 11:23:15AM -1 points [-]

How sure are you that the outcome would be as predicted? My Y is about 10, but my X is undefined because I'd rather they didn't get it.

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