wedrifid comments on Rationality Lessons Learned from Irrational Adventures in Romance - LessWrong

54 Post author: lukeprog 04 October 2011 02:45AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 October 2011 08:17:26AM 19 points [-]

Wow! A 20 page essay on "why I'm breaking up with you"? That's just... brutal!

Comment author: Alejandro1 02 October 2011 02:47:03PM 39 points [-]

I'm picturing it with an impressive array of references at the end, and side remarks on The Neglected Virtue of Scholarsip.

Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 04 October 2011 02:11:17AM * 18 points [-]

Wow! A 20 page essay on "why I'm breaking up with you"? That's just... brutal!

And obviously the title should have been:

"In Which I Explain How Natural Selection Has Built Me To Be Attracted To Certain Features That You Lack"

Comment author: lukeprog 03 October 2011 01:26:24AM * 6 points [-]

I take no responsibility for anything Luke-2007 did. Different guy. :)

Comment author: JenniferRM 04 October 2011 02:14:41AM 32 points [-]

Out of curiosity, do you expect Luke-2015 to take responsibility for anything Luke-2011 does?

Comment author: wedrifid 04 October 2011 02:20:19AM 10 points [-]

Only the good stuff! :)

Comment author: tristanhaze 29 January 2012 04:45:27AM 3 points [-]

I wonder if this principle works in the case of a murder which rapidly changes the murderer. (Later that day, they may bear no responsibility.)