Acty comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (7th thread, December 2014) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Acty 25 July 2015 02:53:42AM *  -1 points [-]

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Comment author: hairyfigment 25 July 2015 03:45:58AM 4 points [-]

There are reasons to suspect the tests would not work. "It would be nice to think that you can trust powerful people who are aware that power corrupts. But this turns out not to be the case." (Content Note: killing, mild racism.)

Comment author: David_Bolin 25 July 2015 07:47:22AM 0 points [-]

If you are "procrastinate-y" you wouldn't be able to survive this state yourself. Following a set schedule every moment for the rest of your life is very, very difficult and it is unlikely that you would be able to do it, so you would soon be dead yourself in this state.