hairyfigment comments on A few misconceptions surrounding Roko's basilisk - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hairyfigment 07 October 2015 07:22:15AM 1 point [-]

I believe he thinks that sufficiently clever idiots competing to shoot off their own feet will find some way to do so.

Comment author: anon85 07 October 2015 05:24:57PM 0 points [-]

It seems unlikely that they would, if their gun is some philosophical decision theory stuff about blackmail from their future. I don't expect that gun to ever fire, no matter how many times you click the trigger.

Comment author: hairyfigment 07 October 2015 05:32:01PM 1 point [-]

That is not what I said, and I'm also guessing you did not have a grandfather who taught you you gun safety.