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Clarity comments on How to win the World Food Prize - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Clarity 31 July 2015 11:12AM

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Comment author: roystgnr 10 August 2015 03:44:48PM 0 points [-]

Hmm... I believe you're correct. It would be hard to revise that, too, without making the "Are you a cop? It's entrapment if you lie!" urban legend into truth. It does feel like "posing as a medical worker" should be considered a crime above and beyond "posing as a civilian".

Comment author: Clarity 14 August 2015 10:25:12PM -2 points [-]

There are always ways around these things for innovative people. With the cop one, one could tell a potential undercover that they are not allowed to enter their premises, playfully. A true cop would be breaking the law if they did, an undercover would not. Alternatively, the potential undercover could be challenged to break a petty crime like jaywalking.