linkhyrule5 comments on The genie knows, but doesn't care - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 10 September 2013 10:19:48AM *  5 points [-]

He's achieved about what Ayn Rand achieved, and almost everyone thinks she wasa crank.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 10 September 2013 04:52:25PM 3 points [-]

Basically this. As Eliezer himself points out, humans aren't terribly rational on average and our judgements of each others' rationality isn't great either. Large amounts of support implies charisma, not intelligence.

TDT is closer to what I'm looking for, though it's a ... tad long.