shminux comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 13 July 2013 06:03:59PM 0 points [-]

The other reason is that a Friendly Singleton would be totally awesome.

Uh, apparently my awesome is very different from your awesome. What scares me is this "Singleton" thing, not the friendly part.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 July 2013 06:15:23PM 11 points [-]

Hmmm. What is it going to do that is bad, given that it has the power to do the right thing, and is Friendly?

We have inherited some anti-authoritarian propaganda memes from a cultural war that is no longer relevant, and those taint the evaluation of a Singleton, even though they really don't apply. At least that's how it felt to me when I thought through it.

Comment author: pop 17 July 2013 03:29:24AM 1 point [-]

Upvoted.

I'm not sure why more people around here are not concerned about the singleton thing. It almost feels like yearning for a god on some people's part.