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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 30 December 2010 07:31:08PM 1 point [-]

Eliezer argues that there can't possibly be a simple surgical procedure that dramatically increases human intelligence.

Indeed, my belief is that such a surgery almost certainly exists (but it might take a superhuman intelligence to invent it).

If it takes a superhuman intelligence to invent it, it arguably doesn't count as 'simple'.

Comment author: HonoreDB 30 December 2010 07:36:15PM *  1 point [-]

Sure. For my purposes here, a simple procedure is one that you could teach to any skilled surgeon, regardless of how complex it is to invent or to understand why it works.

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