PhilGoetz comments on To like, or not to like? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 14 November 2013 06:32:50AM 0 points [-]

No, hypothesis 2 is not "an Elizabethan author was the greatest author of all time". Hypothesis 2 is what I said it was. I don't think I can say it any more clearly.

Comment author: komponisto 15 November 2013 07:14:40PM 0 points [-]

You should have been more explicit about your assumption that "greatest author" != "person humans 'elevate' as greatest author", especially since I think it's false.