Brandon_Reinhart comments on Class Project - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 May 2008 12:23AM

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Comment author: Brandon_Reinhart 31 May 2008 06:37:25AM 0 points [-]

Sorry if I'm getting myself derailed, but is there any particular purpose to metaphor of the "Cooperative Conspiracy"? It seems to be smuggling in some kind of critique of group-think, although because this particular conspiracy isn't fully defined the nature of the critique isn't clear. (Although the team claims he is "rumored" to be a member of this conspiracy, they do not seem to be largely alarmed, indicating some measure of philosophical tolerance.) Is the cooperative conspiracy a metaphor for some behavioral phenomenon well known or apparent among researchers?