SforSingularity comments on The Twin Webs of Knowledge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SforSingularity 31 August 2009 04:18:03PM *  0 points [-]

It's hard to fix the root cause of a problem without understanding it.

If I had simultaneously discovered Evo Psych, and a viable strategy to debias the human race quickly, I would share your enthusiasm... as it is, the situation could be construed as hopeless, so it might be better if we lived out our lives in ignorance. Whether it is actually hopeless is another question, and one that I want to answer.

Comment author: scotherns 01 September 2009 07:57:09AM 0 points [-]

I thought it was hopeless before I discovered Evo Psych. Now it's just very difficult.

Quickly debiasing the human race seems a bit optimistic :-) Knowing Evo Psych at least makes it possible to make better predictions, and take more effective action. How can this be a bad thing?