mattnewport comments on Expecting Short Inferential Distances - Less Wrong

107 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2007 11:42PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 April 2010 11:47:14PM 3 points [-]

If you're planning to teach a scientific worldview, it might be well to not be too godlike.

Comment author: mattnewport 20 April 2010 12:07:38AM 1 point [-]

True, but at least initially personal survival and not getting all your stuff nicked would probably require some compromises on teaching science. Once you had an established power base and some loyal local followers you could start to focus on the teaching.