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35 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 December 2012 04:26AM

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Comment author: kodos96 21 December 2012 05:47:36AM 1 point [-]

What???!!! Are you suggesting that I'm actually planning on conducting the proposed thought experiment? Actually, physically, getting a piece of paper and writing out the words in question? I assure you, this is not the case. I don't even have any blank paper in my home - this is the 21st century after all.

This is a thought experiment I'm proposing, in order to help me better understand MixedNuts' mental model. No different from proposing a thought experiment involving dust motes and eternal torture. Are you saying that Eliezer should be punished for considering such hypothetical situations, a trillion times over?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 December 2012 07:16:57AM *  2 points [-]

What???!!! Are you suggesting that I'm actually planning on conducting the proposed thought experiment? Actually, physically, getting a piece of paper and writing out the words in question? I assure you, this is not the case. I don't even have any blank paper in my home - this is the 21st century after all.

Yes I know, and my comment was how I would respond in your thought experiment.

(Edited: the first version accidentally implied the opposite of what I intended.)

Comment author: kodos96 22 December 2012 07:45:52AM 0 points [-]

??? Ok, skipping over the bizarre irrationality of your making that assumption in the first place, now that I've clarified the situation and told you in no uncertain terms that I am NOT planning on conducting such an experiment (other than inside my head), are you saying you think I'm lying? You sincerely believe that I literally have a pen and paper in front of me, and I'm going through MixedNuts's comment history and writing out sacred names for each occurance of "G-d"? Do you actually believe that? Or are you pulling our collective leg?

In the event that you do actually believe that, what kind of evidence might I provide that would change your mind? Or is this an unfalsifiable belief?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 December 2012 07:56:14AM 1 point [-]

Oops. See my edit.