shminux comments on A Dialogue On Doublethink - Less Wrong

52 Post author: BrienneYudkowsky 11 May 2014 07:38PM

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Comment author: shminux 08 May 2014 03:06:30PM * 3 points [-]

Against Against Against Doublethink

What, only 3 levels-deep meta? This is like approximating e^x with only 1+x+x^2/2+x^3/6. Back to the drawing board.

Comment author: Benito 08 May 2014 06:29:45PM 1 point [-]

According to this analogy, we previously thought e to be 2. Now it's 2.6 recurring. We're making progress, of a sort.

Comment author: itaibn0 10 May 2014 10:58:26PM 0 points [-]

Not if what you're trying to calculate is e^(-5).

Comment author: Kawoomba 08 May 2014 10:01:04PM 1 point [-]