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Manfred comments on [Link] A superintelligent solution to the Fermi paradox - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: Will_Newsome 30 May 2012 08:08PM

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Comment author: Manfred 01 June 2012 08:49:10PM 0 points [-]

Great :D

Comment author: Will_Newsome 01 June 2012 10:19:38PM 1 point [-]

Mostly. It also causes a lot of stress, due to, e.g., a total inability to disregard negative social judgments. This has been true my whole life, and it's caused me to become a very strange person. That said, I find it entirely worth it, because I think it makes me a better rationalist and a better person, at least in the limit.