Ezekiel comments on Rationality Quotes March 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 06 March 2012 12:19:59PM *  10 points [-]

The reality is actually scarier than that if there was a big conspiracy run by an Inner Party of evil but brilliant know-it-alls, like O’Brien in “1984″ or Mustapha Mond in “Brave New World.” The reality is that nobody in charge knows much about what is going on.

--Steve Sailer, here

Comment author: Ezekiel 06 March 2012 02:48:06PM 4 points [-]

For all that it's fun to signal our horror at the ignorance/irrationality/stupidity of those in charge, I still think real-world 2012 Britain, USA, Canada and Australia are all better than Oceania circa 1984. For one thing, people are not very often written out of existence.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 March 2012 02:57:00PM 6 points [-]

For one thing, people are not very often written out of existence.

Or ... are they?

Comment author: RobinZ 06 March 2012 06:35:59PM 4 points [-]

At a certain point, conspiracy theories become indistinguishable from skeptical hypotheses.

Comment author: Aryn 07 March 2012 11:12:58PM 1 point [-]

The quote states that the current establishment has no idea what's going on. How would they be competent enough in this state to band together, write people out of existence, then keep it a secret indefinitely?

Comment author: [deleted] 08 March 2012 07:50:49AM *  2 points [-]

The response was a joke.

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