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rbeard0330 comments on Writing feedback requested: activists should pursue a positive Singularity - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: michaelcurzi 16 November 2011 09:14PM

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Comment author: rbeard0330 18 November 2011 05:24:56PM 2 points [-]

The way you move directly to addressing objections without fleshing out a strong prima facie case for thinking that AI support > poverty reduction weakens your argument, particularly for a reader who isn't already familiar with the concepts. In other words, the reader probably won't have the objections you're refuting, because you haven't really made an argument that one could object to.