spriteless comments on "Why Optimize?" Essay targeted at nonrationalist friends of mine - Less Wrong

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Comment author: spriteless 21 January 2016 04:14:16AM *  1 point [-]

So, listing some reasons:

  • reason: If you optimize you will miss all the truly important things!

  • answer: well, just make them a priority to optimize for

  • reason: but maaagic is wonder!

  • answer: but real things are also wonder.
Comment author: lifelonglearner 22 January 2016 01:12:18AM 0 points [-]

These seem like some good bouncing-off points.

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