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timtyler comments on Less Wrong: Open Thread, December 2010 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: timtyler 11 December 2010 09:45:33PM 1 point [-]

coherent extrapolated superposition of SIAI donors

Is that what they mean by "getting the inside track on the singularity"? ;-)

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 December 2010 09:59:37PM 1 point [-]

It gets to possibly say "No", once. Nothing else.

Are you under the impression that jumping on statements like this, after the original statement explicitly disclaimed them, is a positive contribution to the conversation?

Comment author: timtyler 11 December 2010 10:04:21PM *  3 points [-]

Yu'El - please don't you jump on me! I was mostly trying to be funny. Check with my smiley!

This was a reference to Jaron Lanier's comment on this topic - in discussion with you.