I think the idea behind Rube Goldberg devices is to have fun, not to use them regularly to actually solve problems. Only in movies does anyone have a residence or business rigged up Rube Goldberg Style.
Certainly, but someone who actually thought they'd be useful would need to be foolish.
A person who created such a design would need to be very clever, yet very foolish.
Similarly, Searle must be pretty brainy, but his arguments make so little sense that they're absurd.
Bloggingheads.tv can't exactly call up, say, the President of France and get him to do a diavlog, but they have some street cred with mid-rank celebrities and academics. With that in mind, how would you fill in this blank?
"I would really love to see a diavlog between Yudkowsky and ____________."