wedrifid comments on Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Ask Your Questions - Less Wrong

16 Post author: MichaelGR 11 November 2009 03:00AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 November 2009 08:23:27AM 1 point [-]

It appears you are trying to shift the emphasis from the argument itself to the particular semantics of how things are being said

Quite the reverse.

humans have reached a major plateau in intelligence.

No they haven't. Whatever effect the the currently volatile evolutionary pressures may have on human intelligence a 'major plateau' would be incredible.

Comment author: zero_call 22 November 2009 12:01:35PM 0 points [-]

Please elaborate as I fail to understand your reasoning.