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Clarity comments on Rationality Compendium: Principle 1 - A rational agent, given its capabilities and the situation it is in, is one that thinks and acts optimally - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Clarity 24 August 2015 02:05:54AM *  0 points [-]

Compendium sounds far more accurate than both your original term and my original suggestion. Nicely done. Newcomb's problem certainly isn't something I'd expect when reading a introduction to what lesswrong is about.