Ben_Welchner comments on Taboo Your Words - Less Wrong
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Is the bit about Republican presidents intended to stand in for humanity's CEV's utilty function, or is it just a distracting bit of politics?
I recall another article about optimization processes or probability pumps being used to rig elections; I would imagine it's a lighthearted reference to that, but I can't turn it up by searching. I'm not even sure if it came before this comment.
(Richard_Hollerith2 hasn't commented for over 2.5 years, so you're not likely to get a response from him)
I noticed this right after I commented. Oops.