IlyaShpitser comments on Open thread, July 28 - August 3, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 29 July 2014 06:32:35PM 8 points [-]

It's a first contact situation. You need to establish basic things first, e.g. "do you recognize this is a sequence of primes," "is there such a thing as 'good' and 'bad'," "how do you treat your enemies," etc.