Carl_Shulman comments on That Tiny Note of Discord - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 September 2008 06:02AM

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Comment author: Carl_Shulman 23 September 2008 09:52:01PM 2 points [-]

Phil,

If Approach 2 fails to achieve the aims of Approach 1, then humanity generally wouldn't want to pursue Approach 1 regardless. Are you asserting that your audience would tend to diverge from the rest of humanity if extrapolated, in the direction of Approach 1?