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

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

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Comment author: whpearson 20 August 2010 12:44:27PM *  4 points [-]

It depends what you mean by easy and hard. From previous conversations I expect Mr Wallace is thinking something easy is doable by means of a small group over 20-30 years and hard is a couple of generations of the whole of civilizations work.

Comment author: rwallace 20 August 2010 12:54:37PM 1 point [-]

Yes, that's how I am using the terms.