RobinHanson comments on Singleton: the risks and benefits of one world governments - Less Wrong

1 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 July 2013 02:05PM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 05 July 2013 03:13:10PM 23 points [-]

I'm not sure the point of outlining a research program in an area where you are not an expert and there are now many experts. First you just want to find out what the current experts think they know. Then if you want to know more, I'd think you'd either want to ask those experts to outline a research program, or you'd want to become an expert yourself and then outline a program.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 05 July 2013 06:50:22PM 11 points [-]

There is an incredible amount of LW posts to which this refrain is relevant. :(

Comment author: ESRogs 13 July 2013 06:57:17AM 0 points [-]

Any particular egregious examples come to mind? I'm curious which types of posts you're referring to.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 08 July 2013 07:05:35AM 1 point [-]

Ps: do you know of any similar research project done by proper experts?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 July 2013 05:42:41PM *  1 point [-]

Fair point. My main added value is to get the bias stuff and competence-in-experts in there; this seemed to be the most useful way of doing so.