twanvl comments on The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is soliciting ideas - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Kevin 12 July 2010 11:41PM

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Comment author: twanvl 13 July 2010 06:20:38PM 1 point [-]

That sounds a bit too long-term, though. By the time that becomes viable and socially acceptable (if it ever becomes so), we will be many presidencies into the future.

Also, for people to recognize that rationality enhancement is in their best interest you need some baseline level of rationality.