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41 Post author: ShannonFriedman 16 August 2012 08:02PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 17 August 2012 10:10:31PM 2 points [-]

Well, let's say that in the great-grandparent by crappy I meant “not instrumentally rational for its own (stated) goals (i.e. enforcing the law)”, and then I replied to myself pointing out that what's not instrumentally rational for its own stated goals can still be instrumentally rational for the goals of humanity.