buybuydandavis comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 30 July 2012 02:48:18AM 0 points [-]

a category that can be explicitly stated.

In actual fact, there's little reason to believe that anyone in the universe can explicitly state Clippy's values accurately.

I believe that with sufficient study and analysis, someone could. But positing that Clippy exists in no way entails that anyone can.