JoshuaZ comments on Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 27 September 2011 04:00:13AM 4 points [-]

the same person with a modern environment

They wouldn't be the same person. Which is to say, the the whole matter is nonsense as the other replies in this thread made clear.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 27 September 2011 04:09:29AM 7 points [-]

Sorry, I thought the notion was clear that one would be talking about same genetics but different environment. Illusion of transparency and all that. Explicit formulation: if one took a fertilized egg with Leibniz's genetic material and raised in an American middle class family with high emphasis on intellectual success, I'm pretty sure he would have by the time he got to my age have accomplished more than I have. Does that make the meaning clear?

Comment author: Jack 27 September 2011 05:16:14AM 2 points [-]

Right, I understand. But Rational Wiki didn't have clones of Leibniz and Spinoza in mind. I'm just saying, the whole thing is goofy.