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

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