shminux comments on Rationality Quotes October 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 04 November 2014 10:04:23PM *  0 points [-]

Of course, its impossible to do this for every problem.

I don't think anyone implied "every problem". Only the one you think is really worth the trouble. Like FAI for Eliezer (or the AI-box toy example), or the NSA spying for Snowden. The risk, of course, is that the problem might be too hard and you fail, after potentially wasting a lot of resources, including your life.