Comment on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:31:03 GMT

I'm not sure. There's a bit of tension between LW-ish beliefs, which are mostly empiricist, and Eliezer's popularity, which I think owes more to his idealistic and poetic attitude coupled with high intelligence. Maybe people should learn more from the latter, rather than the former :-)

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