gjm comments on Harper's Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum - Less Wrong

44 Post author: gwern 12 December 2014 08:34PM

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Comment author: gjm 14 December 2014 11:46:24PM 10 points [-]

This person is a Christian, rather than the atheist he thinks he is.

Yeah, totally. Apart from little details such as

  • whether he expects "God" to judge him on the basis of character, actions, religious affiliation, etc.
  • whether he thinks "God" is an authority on (or indeed the ultimate source of) moral values
  • whether he believes that "Christ" has died and been raised from the dead
  • whether he sees the Christian scriptures as authoritative, inspired, etc.
  • whether he regards "God" as (at least) a person with preferences, opinions, the possibility of interpersonal interaction, etc.

I think there's a reasonable case to be made that some people think about the Singularity in quasi-religious terms. But this sort of ridiculous overstatement does no one any favours.