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dbaupp comments on Open Thread, January 15-31, 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: dbaupp 16 January 2012 09:40:44AM 1 point [-]

it looks like it should be easier to become wealthy by any available means than it is to singlehandedly solve all the world's important problems

Doesn't becoming very wealthy for the purpose of saving the world (and then actually saving the world) count as singlehandedly solving all the problems?

Comment author: moridinamael 16 January 2012 06:57:33PM 1 point [-]

What I was getting at is that the cognitive effort required to actually solve a Millennium problem may be greater than the cognitive effort of making a billion dollars and hiring a thousand mathematicians to work in Millennium problems.

Comment author: faul_sname 16 January 2012 10:35:19AM *  0 points [-]

Who's counting?

Comment author: dbaupp 16 January 2012 11:33:28AM 2 points [-]

Is this a joke? (Serious question, I can't tell. FWIW, I was using "count" as "fit the definition of".)

Comment author: faul_sname 16 January 2012 07:03:22PM *  1 point [-]

Partly, but not entirely. I noticed that I was asking myself seriously if that counted, then wondered why it mattered if it fit the definition.

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