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estimator comments on What level of compassion do you consider normal, expected, mandatory etc. ? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: estimator 10 April 2015 05:13:11PM *  4 points [-]

What if your estimate of other person's defection is 90%? 95%? 99%? What if he explicitly stated that he won't cooperate? What if you are Omega, and can make the prediction with 100% accuracy?