Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on The Importance of Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

23 Post author: multifoliaterose 19 August 2010 10:47PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2010 03:24:38AM 26 points [-]

Er... I can't help but notice a certain humor in the idea that it's terrible if I'm self-deluded about my own importance because that means I might destroy the world.

Comment author: wedrifid 20 August 2010 09:35:14AM 5 points [-]

Yes, there is is a certain humor. But I hope you did read the dot points and followed the reasoning. It, among other things, suggests a potential benefit of criticism such as multi's aside from hypothetical benefits of discrediting you should it have been the case that you were not, in fact, competent.

Comment author: John_Baez 20 August 2010 11:02:50AM 5 points [-]

It's some sort of mutant version of "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you".