itaibn0 comments on On saving the world - Less Wrong

101 Post author: So8res 30 January 2014 08:00PM

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Comment author: shminux 30 January 2014 10:52:17PM *  25 points [-]

Why not give us a short bullet point list of your conclusions, most readers around here wouldn't dismiss them out of hand, even lacking a chain of arguments leading up to them.

We sure would. We think we are smart, and the inferential gap the OP mentioned is unfortunately almost invisible from this side. That's why Eliezer had to write all those millions of words.

Comment author: itaibn0 30 January 2014 11:16:29PM 5 points [-]

Personally I think it is plausible that I would find such a bullet point list as true or mostly true. However, I have already dismissed out of hand the possibility that it would be both true, important, and novel.