Nick_Tarleton comments on Collective Apathy and the Internet - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 April 2009 12:02AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 14 April 2009 03:37:42PM *  0 points [-]

Justify this assertion. It sounds like a rationalization to me.

Also, I see no need for a long-term taskforce, seeing as the game will soon change radically for Reasons That May Not Be Named.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 14 April 2009 08:40:29PM 3 points [-]

On both points: humility. The effect of ordering irrational people around is not predictable enough for it to be a better option than having a taskforce that can guide itself rationally. (And, as Vladimir says, if you end up needing the taskforce to do something requiring rationality, you're out of luck.)