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10 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 August 2008 12:26AM

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Comment author: Larry_D'Anna 06 August 2008 02:41:20AM 1 point [-]

steven: your "not 100% sure" is a perfect example of the problem eliezer is trying to explain. "not 100% sure that X is false" is not a valid excuse to waste thought on X if the prior improbability of X is as incredibly tiny as it is for thoughts like "paperclip maximizers will find their own paperclip-related reasons not to murder everyone".