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20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 January 2012 02:24AM

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Comment author: markette 28 January 2012 04:45:16AM *  8 points [-]

Forget cleverness for its own sake, optimize for the consequences.

someone reads "InSight", their brain says "oh, I get it, they combined insight and in sight. Their name is a pun." imagines suited marketing man. Where do you want to go for lunch?

Capturing that first thought and directing it somewhere useful is crucial

Comment author: [deleted] 28 January 2012 05:11:50AM *  2 points [-]

I think you're right.

Good word, bad capital "S".

I edited my suggestions to fix it.