Perplexed comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 04 December 2010 06:53:03PM 2 points [-]

No real need to kill them off, as long as new ones are being born. Unanimity is nice, but simple majorities can usually get the job done.

As for your time limits idea, I might go further, and send everybody back to school to get a new PhD every 100 years: in a new field, at a different school, in a different language.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2010 05:18:26PM 6 points [-]

You're only going to give me 100 years to study mathematics, uninterrupted?

B-b-but! That's nowhere near enough time!

Comment author: MartinB 04 December 2010 07:35:14PM 1 point [-]

I am happy to see how it will turn out