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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Martinenaite and Tavenier on cryonics - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: ciphergoth 04 August 2011 07:39AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 August 2011 01:08:38PM 2 points [-]

I don't think that "stopsign!" should ever be used as a fully general counterargument

It's not a counterargument in any case, at best it invokes an antiprediction. It's a reminder to not stop thinking where it actually is possible to figure more out, which has a pretty general applicability.