Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Best career models for doing research? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 December 2010 09:14:43PM 17 points [-]

Yes, the attempt to censor was botched and I regret the botchery. In retrospect I should have not commented or explained anything, just PM'd Roko and asked him to take down the post without explaining himself.

Comment author: David_Gerard 09 December 2010 11:04:39PM *  7 points [-]

This is actually quite comforting to know. Thank you.

(I still wonder WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU THINKING at the time, but you'll answer as and when you think it's a good idea to, and that's fine.)

(I was down the pub with ciphergoth just now and this topic came up ... I said the Very Bad Idea sounded silly as an idea, he said it wasn't as silly as it sounded to me with my knowledge. I can accept that. Then we tried to make sense of the idea of CEV as a practical and useful thing. I fear if I want a CEV process applicable by humans I'm going to have to invent it. Oh well.)

Comment author: FormallyknownasRoko 09 December 2010 10:18:01PM *  2 points [-]

And I would have taken it down. My bad for not asking first most importantly.