From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Sun Apr 28 2002 - 11:12:18 MDT
It appears as if Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
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|If you were really a selfish rationalist, you would cleverly remain
|silent and let altruistic memes propagate, thus maximizing the
|number of people working to your benefit.
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|You certainly would not feel the need to argue the morality of
|selfishness in public forums.
Argumentional analysis: "Lie and parasitize. Don't give yourself away."
I see morals/ethics as a special kind of implied contract some people use.
Your suggested m/e simply refers to the traditional parasite's m/e.
I understand Anders stated that {some scientist} has shown cheating
to work less efficiently than cooperating, at least in the context of
computer simulations. Do you suggest it works better in ``real life''?
The parasite will florish but the whole system will lose functionality.
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