PhilGoetz comments on Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous - Less Wrong

11 Post author: PhilGoetz 18 May 2012 12:48AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 August 2012 10:07:33PM 0 points [-]

Writing "I define my algorithm for problem X to be that algorithm which solves problem X" is unhelpful. Quoting said definition, doubly so.

In any case, the passage you quote says nothing about how meta to go. There's nothing meta in that entire passage.