Vladimir_Nesov comments on Cascio in The Atlantic, more on cognitive enhancement as existential risk mitigation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 18 June 2009 08:32:59PM *  0 points [-]

Obviously. A coin is also going to land on exactly one of the sides (but you don't know which one). Why do you pronounce this fact?

Comment author: timtyler 19 June 2009 01:36:29AM 1 point [-]

That statement shows a way in which the claim that increasing the number of intelligent people will increase rather than decrease risk might be supported.