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lukeprog comments on BOOK DRAFT: 'Ethics and Superintelligence' (part 1) - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: lukeprog 13 February 2011 10:09AM

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Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 03:50:22AM *  0 points [-]

Okay.

It wasn't clear to me that you thought I was writing a popular book, since I denied that in my second paragraph (before the quoted passage from the book).

Comment author: CharlesR 14 February 2011 03:50:22PM *  0 points [-]

Your clarification wasn't in the original version of the preamble that I read. Or are you claiming that you haven't edited it? Because I clearly remember a different sentence structure.

However, I am willing to admit my memory is faulty on this.

Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 08:36:45PM 1 point [-]

CharlesR,

My original clarification said that it was a cross between academic writing and mainstream writing, the result being something like 'Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment.' That apparently wasn't clear enough, so I did indeed change my preamble recently to be clearer in its denial of popular style. Sorry if that didn't come through in the first round.

Comment author: CharlesR 14 February 2011 10:36:09PM 1 point [-]

And people wonder how wars get started . . .

Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 11:31:34PM 1 point [-]

Heh. Sorry; I didn't mean to offend. I thought it was clear from my original preamble that this wasn't a popular-level work, but apparently not!