Mark_Eichenlaub comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mark_Eichenlaub 01 February 2012 08:24:34PM *  21 points [-]

I was interested in the context here. Chesterton was referencing Wells' original belief that the classes would differentiate until the upper class ate the lower class. Wells changed his mind to believe the classes would merge.

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 02 February 2012 07:54:38PM 14 points [-]

At the point where those are the two hypothesises being considered there may be larger problems.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 February 2012 02:42:39AM 3 points [-]

I think you've got problems at the point where you're using that language to write your hypotheses.

Comment author: Anubhav 04 February 2012 05:26:43AM 5 points [-]

Wells' original belief that the classes would differentiate until the upper class ate the lower class

In the Time Machine, it's the other way round.