It might have been more on-topic for Overcoming Bias than Less Wrong, but I’m voting up because this is a data point in a topic that’s frequently come up in both places: What are the real costs of “purchase of moral satisfaction” or feeling better about trying than succeeding?
Of course, this is one of my own favorite topics and I suppose I will bow to the will of the community if they think this constitutes “just politics”.
It might have been more on-topic for Overcoming Bias than Less Wrong, but I’m voting up because this is a data point in a topic that’s frequently come up in both places: What are the real costs of “purchase of moral satisfaction” or feeling better about trying than succeeding?
Of course, this is one of my own favorite topics and I suppose I will bow to the will of the community if they think this constitutes “just politics”.