Vladimir_Nesov comments on What visionary project would you fund? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 November 2011 10:16:17PM *  0 points [-]

I find it implausible for your level of certainty (and/or focus on listed scenarios) to be correct.

Comment author: cousin_it 10 November 2011 11:03:58PM *  0 points [-]

I agree about the second part. But the first part is pretty obvious, isn't it?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 November 2011 11:13:01PM *  0 points [-]

"Regular people using lie detectors on politicians" does seem impossible, but "government officials and big corps using lie detectors on regular people" (to any interesting extent) is far from clear, it's easy to see how it could be successfully resisted by appealing to human rights intuitions, or channeled towards significantly different forms of use, escaping your description. (Even China's regime is not certain to persist in relevant respects on this timescale.)

Comment author: dlthomas 10 November 2011 11:18:26PM 0 points [-]