buybuydandavis comments on I may have just had a dangerous thought. - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 22 September 2014 08:04PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 23 September 2014 10:16:54AM *  0 points [-]

Have you googled to see if your idea is original?

There is very little new under the sun.

But I understand your reticence. I'm often struck by how unserious terrorists are. Ooooh, go booom! Really? That's the best they can come up with? I think death and destruction is pretty easy. I'm curious if I'm wrong (and just curious in general), but I don't want to be giving anyone else any ideas, even if the ideas are already out there.

I'd be interested in hearing your dangerous idea.

Comment author: ChristianKl 23 September 2014 11:04:35AM 0 points [-]

Without going into the details, as far as I understand it's supposed to be a clever way of pascal's mugging people. I don't consider it dangerous but I can see how Eitan Zohar does. I think there's no need to have a discussion about this issue in public.

I personally don't consider myself deeply knowledgeable about pascal's mugging related issues. In case anybody does and wants to debate the issue, that might be a reason to contact Eitan Zohar over it.