DanielLC comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 06 September 2012 07:53:57AM 0 points [-]

He can build it. It would be pretty hard to do while pushing a boulder up a hill, but he has all the time in the world!

Comment author: CCC 06 September 2012 07:59:43AM 2 points [-]

Does he have any suitable raw materials?

Comment author: DanielLC 06 September 2012 07:02:10PM -1 points [-]

It's a hill, not a mountain. It presumably has plants, which could be burned for fuel. It's possible that there's no metal in the hill, but he could make the robot out of stone. Once he gets the prototype running, he can search for better materials as it slowly pushes the rock up the hill. He just has to get back before the fuel runs out.

Comment author: MugaSofer 01 October 2012 11:44:02AM 2 points [-]

he could make the robot out of stone.

Of course he could.