(whatever the poster looks like and wherever they live, their personality is a scrawny nerd in a basement)

  • sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I realize this isn’t your post, but

    Men don’t want to fight. They want to win. And since not everyone can win, and winning is work, many men simply fold back to living boring peaceful lives, pretending that it’s society that is depriving them of their God-given right to die a glorious death in battle with its dastardly emasculating ways

    I think lots of us just enjoy the game.

    The thought about revealed preferences is bang on though.

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      1 year ago

      But if there isn’t a clearly defined end goal/utility function, then how can will I fit this information into my rationalist fanfic world model?

      /unsneer though the comment was overall sobering to read, it’s good to know that not everyone on that site is insane.