yters comments on Pretending to be Wise - LessWrong

27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 February 2009 10:30PM

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Comment author: yters 21 February 2009 02:46:52AM -1 points [-]

That's why in the old days gentlemen were financially independent. If you are financially independent then there is little material incentive to compromise one's principles. Today, we're taught to become heavily financially dependent, and so people don't take hard stands.