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VoiceOfRa comments on The Just-Be-Reasonable Predicament - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Satoshi_Nakamoto 16 July 2015 03:17AM

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 16 July 2015 06:40:41AM 3 points [-]

You missed one important case: sometimes the right solution is to continue being rational and not care what the "reasonable" person thinks of you. In particular just because you're rational doesn't mean you'll be able to change everyone's mind.

Comment author: Satoshi_Nakamoto 16 July 2015 12:18:52PM *  1 point [-]

I don't think I was very clear. I meant for this case to be covered under "avoid the issue". As by avoiding the issue you just continue whatever course of action or behaviour you were previously undertaking. I have edited the post to make this a bit clearer.

I thought about this later and think you were right. I have updated the process in the picture.

Comment author: gjm 16 July 2015 12:39:54PM 0 points [-]

Isn't this the "avoid the issue" path through the flowchart?