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Comment author: Pavitra 14 December 2010 03:07:56AM *  5 points [-]

Something for those of us from the Bardic Conspiracy.

The actual causal reason I suggest this is because I like Less Wrong and I think good prose is a valuable skill and therefore want these things to intersect. However, I could also rationalize...

(beware of persuasion)

Rationality:art::medicine:transhumanism. Clearly there is such a thing as good and bad art; therefore being good at it must be a comprehensible skill, which can be studied and formalized into a proper field of engineering. LW seems uniquely well-qualified to do so, and the project, if successful, should even be able to help raise support to fight existential risk -- "The one thing that actually has seemed to raise credibility, is famous people associating with the organization, like Peter Thiel funding us, or Ray Kurzweil on the Board."