AllanCrossman comments on Rationality Quotes - August 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AllanCrossman 06 August 2009 01:56:49PM 1 point [-]

But what thermostats don't control is... what the thermostat is set to.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 06 August 2009 02:16:26PM 1 point [-]

But what thermostats don't control is... what the thermostat is set to.

Another control system does that. The chain tops out somewhere, of course.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 August 2009 04:44:32PM 1 point [-]

Allan didn't say otherwise.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 06 August 2009 05:13:00PM 5 points [-]

Richard didn't say otherwise.

Comment author: AllanCrossman 06 August 2009 06:45:21PM 14 points [-]

Eliezer didn't say... oh sod it.