Johnicholas comments on Rationality Boot Camp - Less Wrong

73 Post author: Jasen 22 March 2011 08:37AM

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Comment author: gwern 24 March 2011 12:13:51AM 3 points [-]

To the best of my knowledge, in 1898, uranium salts emitting 'X-rays' were the hottest thing going and Marie Curie was just presenting her discovery of thorium after refining tons of pitchblende. How could one even conceive of nuclear power plants at this point?

Comment author: Johnicholas 24 March 2011 01:07:19AM 5 points [-]

I think brazil is making an analogy between nuclear power and "godlike" AIs. Perhaps inappropriate for this forum, but comprehensible.