John_Maxwell_IV comments on Humans are not automatically strategic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 September 2010 05:34:28PM 0 points [-]

The problem here is that it's not clear what that comment is argument for, and so the first thing to assume is that it's supposed to be an argument about the discussion it was made in reply to. It's still unclear to me what you argued in that last comment (and why).

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 10 September 2010 07:43:05PM 0 points [-]

Trying to argue against a magical level of average societal genetic intelligence necessary for technological takeoff.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 September 2010 06:30:38AM 0 points [-]

You can't get geniuses who are "totally unrepresentative" in the relevant sense, since we are still the same species, with the same mind design.