Skeeve comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Skeeve 03 June 2013 11:03:41AM *  4 points [-]

The secret is to make wanting the truth your entire identity, right. If your persona is completely stripped down to just "All I care about is the facts", then the steps disappear, the obstacles are gone. Tyranosaurus was a scavenger? Okay! And then you walk right up to it without hesitation. The evidence says the killer was someone else? Okay, see you later sir, sorry for the inconvenience, wanna go bowling later now that we're on a first name basis? And so on. Just you and a straight path to the truth. That is how you become perfect.

Comment author: pinyaka 03 June 2013 03:38:10PM 4 points [-]

Also from Subnormality: the perils of AI foom.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 06 June 2013 09:53:23PM *  2 points [-]

This seems like a silly identity to have. When does someone who just wants the truth ever act, other than for the purpose of acquiring truth?

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 03 June 2013 02:32:49PM 1 point [-]

"Scavenger" is a slippery term. A hyena is a scavenger; that does not mean that a rabbit ought to walk into easy reach of its jaws.

Comment author: Skeeve 03 June 2013 02:45:39PM 3 points [-]

I agree with you; the context from earlier in the strip was about reading a study with evidence pointing to T-rexes being a timid scavenger, and then getting transported back in time and seeing a T-rex acting timid.

Comment author: Dorikka 11 June 2013 11:29:18PM 1 point [-]

Obligatory note so that people don't get undesired value drift from a particular usage of English.

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