Roko comments on Incremental Progress and the Valley - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 April 2009 04:42PM

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Comment author: loqi 04 April 2009 11:41:12PM 0 points [-]

I think this comparison is a bit unfair. Do you really think the rationality of the average mental patient is remotely comparable to that of the average theologian?

Comment author: steven0461 05 April 2009 12:28:48AM 5 points [-]

No, but the difference between a statement that's 99% silly and a statement that's 99.9% silly is only a negligible .9 silly points.