JoshuaZ comments on What does the world look like, the day before FAI efforts succeed? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 November 2012 04:04:09PM 0 points [-]

Whether the individual in question has other motivations doesn't by itself make the questions raised any less valid.

Comment author: michaelcurzi 18 November 2012 10:50:01PM *  1 point [-]

It could be evidence that the questioner isn't worth engaging, because the conversation is unlikely to be productive. The questioner might have significantly motivated cognition or have written the bottom line.