Kaj_Sotala comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 01 March 2010 03:15:37PM 10 points [-]

It feels to me that rationalist principles are most useful in avoiding failure modes. But they're much less useful in coming up with new things you should do (as opposed to specifying things you shouldn't do).