ChristianKl comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 December 2012 09:00PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 24 December 2012 10:09:44AM *  27 points [-]

Fun Exercise

Posts or comments advocating or 'asking about' violation of laws that are actually enforced against middle-class people (e.g., kidnapping, not anti-marijuana laws) may at the admins' option be censored on the grounds that it makes LW look bad and that anyone talking about a proposed crime on the Internet fails forever as a criminal

Consider what would have been covered by this 250, 100 and 50 years ago.

Bonus Consider what wouldn't have been covered by this 250, 100 and 50 years ago but would be today.

Comment author: ChristianKl 25 December 2012 02:19:29AM *  7 points [-]

Bonus:

Consider what's likely to be covered 50 years in the future.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 26 December 2012 03:12:19AM 5 points [-]

For something like that, consider the algorithm you use to answer it. Then consider why the output of said algorithm should at all correlate with future social trends.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 December 2012 10:17:54AM 2 points [-]

I considered adding that too. :)