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Riothamus comments on Stupid questions thread, October 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Riothamus 16 October 2015 04:13:41PM 1 point [-]

I find it most relevant to planning and prediction. It helps greatly with realizing that I am not an exception, and so I should take the data seriously.

In terms of things that changed when my beliefs did, I submit the criminal justice system as an example. I now firmly think about crime in terms of individuals being components of a social system, and I am exclusively interested in future prevention of crime. I am indifferent to moral punishment for it.