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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 28 February 2014 04:42:25AM *  2 points [-]

Okay, so, we don't know what the right answer is. But we know what the right answer ISN'T, right?

See Yvain's post on Schelling Fences on Slippery Slopes.

Like if there is a 0.00001% chance it is "the answer", but a 99.99999% chance to waste everyone's time and making some people angry, we should probably discard it. Why waste time when we can pursue that handful of ideas that have a much higher chance of improving the world?

You do realize that most people have the same opinion about the Singularity?

Comment author: ikrase 01 March 2014 12:28:18PM -1 points [-]

In the case of the Singularity, I'd say that most people don't consider probability and very largepayoffs.

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