Jayson_Virissimo comments on Rationality Quotes April 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 April 2013 07:32:21AM 27 points [-]

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance we can solve them.

-- Isaac Asimov

Comment author: simplicio 11 April 2013 06:13:47AM 4 points [-]

For some interesting exceptions to this quote, see Bostrom on Information Hazards.

Comment author: wiresnips 09 April 2013 05:39:21PM -2 points [-]

This may not be strictly true. Consider the basilisk.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 April 2013 03:39:05AM 4 points [-]

Consider the basilisk.

I have, and I've come to the conclusion that Eliezer's solution, i.e., suppress all knowledge of it, won't actually work.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 09 April 2013 08:27:52PM * 2 points [-]

Agreed, but I think the exceptions are very few.