timtyler comments on Think Twice: A Response to Kevin Kelly on ‘Thinkism’ - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 07 November 2012 11:56:03PM *  0 points [-]

It's true that superintelligence is likely to be a big deal. It's interesting to see where intelligence works worst, though. As civilization accelerates, its slowest aspects will be the ones holding things back.

I think the L.H.C. is our current best example. There's no "Moore's law" for particle accelerators. Another example involves understanding large complex systems - such as predicting the weather or stockmarket crashes. Of course intelligence helps with such things - just not as much as in some other areas.