thomblake comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 03 May 2012 04:41:33PM 2 points [-]

That still doesn't seem like enough to justify the reversal from "not relevant" to "highly relevant".

Comment author: shminux 03 May 2012 06:23:49PM 1 point [-]

What reversal? I still think that it detracts from the overall presentation of "modern rationality" by getting people sidetracked into learning open problems in physics at a pop-sci level. Whatever points EY was trying to make there can surely be made better without it.

Comment author: thomblake 03 May 2012 06:30:18PM 1 point [-]

What reversal?

I meant where you said "not relevant" and Eliezer responded with "highly relevant". It sounds to me as though he thinks it's fundamental to rationality or something. Very confusing.