billswift comments on Risks from AI and Charitable Giving - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 14 March 2012 12:11:05PM 2 points [-]

That is actually my argument against a lot of philosophy; arguments embedded in a lot of prose are unnecessarily hard to follow. Arguments, at least ones that you actually expect to be capable of changing someone's mind, should be presented as clearly and schematically as possible. Otherwise it looks a lot like "baffle them with bullshit."