From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 04:06:42 MDT
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> > It is irrational to behave rationally in an irrational world.
>
> What a sheerly silly statement. Rational behavior changes depending on
Succinct, yes. Silly, no.
> whether you're living in a world where other agents are mostly rational or
> mostly irrational. If it were irrational to behave rationally in an
You are accurate. However, this is not what most people understand when
they say they behave 'rationally'.
> irrational world, then it would be irrational to behave rationally by
> behaving irrationally.
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