Michael_Drake comments on Dreams of AI Design - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 August 2008 11:28PM

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Comment author: Michael_Drake 27 August 2008 12:14:27AM 18 points [-]

"Planes would fly just as well, given a fixed design, if birds had never existed; they are not kept aloft by analogies."

Good analogy.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 November 2009 06:14:04PM 15 points [-]

Analogies are often helpful for communicating knowledge that you got by other means.