cousin_it comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

215 Post author: PhilGoetz 19 September 2009 09:05PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 20 September 2009 03:24:36PM 10 points [-]

When you make every part of a balanced system more powerful without an overseeing process maintaining balance you don't get a more powerful balanced system, you get an algae bloom.

Comment author: cousin_it 20 September 2009 04:06:53PM *  4 points [-]

Why without? We can put an overseeing process in. It probably doesn't have to be very smart - after all, the overseeing process for humans is pretty stupid compared to a human.