Will_Pearson comments on Shut up and do the impossible! - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Pearson 09 October 2008 05:35:00PM 0 points [-]

I really don't know how to estimate the probability of solving an impossible problem that I have gone forth with intent to solve;

Defeating death without a FAI is impossible in your mind, no? Have you gone forth with the intent to solve this problem?

We need some ways of ranking impossible problems, so we know which problems to go forth with the intent to solve.