TheOtherDave comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong

63 Post author: lukeprog 18 January 2012 10:30PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 January 2012 03:25:58PM 1 point [-]

So, just making sure I understand: you acknowledge that it does have these negative consequences at the moment, but you're arguing that it's a mistake to conclude that therefore arrogant people ought to change anything about themselves; the proper conclusion is that arrogance-averse folks should get over it and acknowledge the importance of equal treatment for arrogant people. Yes?

Comment author: Armok_GoB 26 January 2012 04:33:26PM -1 points [-]

Ideally, yes, but that's obviously not going to happen.

If I were to propose a coarse of action it'd be "Realize the question is more complex than it seems, that the situation is likely to require messy compromise and indirection, and to hold of on proposing solutions"