Rain comments on Open Thread, October 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rain 04 October 2012 12:06:58PM 1 point [-]

Because everyone's equipping themselves to win in the intellectual realm, and I was wondering how many were equipping themselves to win in the physical realm.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 October 2012 05:54:39PM 0 points [-]

I was wondering how many were equipping themselves to win in the physical realm.

The sort of victory LWers are looking for, I hope, is winning as a result of a cooperative effort to gain more knowledge. In a sense, it's us ("us" includes all relatively honest seekers of knowledge, not just LWers) vs. the universe.

Winning in the physical realm should include some estimate of the odds of needing weapons.

Comment author: Rain 06 October 2012 07:02:36PM 2 points [-]

Eliezer:

Long, long ago, I think at around age nine or something, I was taking a Tae Kwon Do class.

At one point the master said to me, "Attack me."

I gave him a skeptical look.

He said, "Attack me the way you would attack me in real life."

I raised my finger and thumb, pointed it at him, and said "Bang."

He laughed and called up the next student.

However, I bet he's unarmed. It's my estimate that this community is pacifistic and avoids the calculation you mention.

Comment author: DanArmak 08 October 2012 10:36:59PM -1 points [-]

Winning in the physical realm should include some estimate of the odds of needing weapons.

That would be far too intellectual.

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