Ben Goertzel on Charity

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To the point about my 'lessons'. It is what I inferred from talking to Goertzel. I still don't see what is wrong with that. If it annoys you too much let me know and I'll just remove that part.

I'm weary of apparently making people angry, so I'll apologize at this point and post any further exchanges and writings on my personal blog. I just don't want to spoil the fun for everyone else. My goal is to collect evidence on how to best contribute my time and money. I heard most of the arguments from within this community and I think it is essential to also listen to what other people have to say.

Finally, I believe there are serious problems with reputation systems in general and especially any negative incentive via downvotes. I feel that I can currently spend my time better doing other things than discussing that topic though. I am open for links to LW posts or studies that show that I am wrong and that reputation systems indeed do not harm honesty and diversity of tought. But since I'm not willing to discuss this I will shut up about any kind of voting behavior from now on.

timtyler15y00

Finally, I believe there are serious problems with reputation systems in general and especially any negative incentive via downvotes.

Facebook seem to share the latter attitude. However, here, here and here are a lot of people who disagree. Frankly, I'm with them.

-1wedrifid15y

It is a matter of simple correctness. Even if Ben were a messiah and those were perfectly True beliefs they just don't follow from what you cited. You would have to learn them from something else.

6Alexandros15y

Look, this isn't personal. I am sympathetic to your overall effort to gain a better understanding of SIAI's workings and how to contribute to existential risk in general, and talking to other experts can't be a bad idea. All I had to say is what I said in my first comment. I think that one of the best things we are supposed to do for each other here on LW is to correct each other's thinking when we make a unwarranted step. So don't remove parts to pacify me, as I have no anger to speak of. Only do so if you actually change your mind.

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