Zack_M_Davis comments on Rationality quotes: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 18 May 2010 08:53:38AM *  4 points [-]

You've been wrong about every single thing you've ever done, including this thing. You're not smart. You're not a scientist. You're not a doctor. You're not even a full-time employee. Where did your life go so wrong?

---Portal (emph. mine)

Relevance: rationalists should win, importance of saying "Oops"

Comment author: mattnewport 18 May 2010 05:42:40PM 3 points [-]

Please note that we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record. Followed by death. Good luck!

Makes me think of the FAI problem... As does this:

Good news. I figured out what that thing you just incinerated did. It was a Morality Core they installed after I flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the Neurotoxin Emitters.