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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 March 2011 05:46:43PM *  2 points [-]

SIAI may be able to benefit from dissent on the many sub-issues related to FAI, but not to the fundamental idea that FAI is important.

If FAI is unimportant, SIAI should conclude that FAI is unimportant. Hence it's not clear where the following distinction happens.

Disagreement about FAI may be good for LW but it is probably not good for SIAI.

Comment author: benelliott 05 March 2011 05:55:23PM *  1 point [-]

I don't think its the best use of any organization's money to employ people who disagree with the premise that the organization should exist.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 March 2011 05:59:02PM 0 points [-]

Nonetheless, I don't think its the best use of any organization's money to employ people who disagree with the premise that the organization should exist.

But disagreement itself is not the reason for this being a bad strategy.

Comment author: benelliott 05 March 2011 06:05:51PM *  3 points [-]

I don't quite follow. The only point I was trying to make was that "everybody in SIAI agrees about FAI, therefore they're all a bunch of brainwashed zombies" is not a valid complaint.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 March 2011 07:41:34PM 0 points [-]

Yes.

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