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

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Comment author: spindizzy2 06 August 2008 11:47:30AM 0 points [-]

> Do these considerations offer useful insights for the average person > living his life? Or are they just abstract philosophy without > practical import for most people?

Good comment. I would really like to hear an answer to this.

Comment author: wallowinmaya 13 May 2011 09:23:20AM *  -1 points [-]

To me Eliezer's thoughts are extremely helpful, they literally changed my life and I'm a student, not a rocket scientist. But I guess you need an IQ above 120, to follow Eliezer's arguments. So for the the average person with IQ 100 Eliezer's considerations won't be useful.