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Wei_Dai comments on March 2014 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 05 March 2014 06:11:23AM 1 point [-]

I've been watching this show as well and agree with your review. What I find most distracting though isn't the plot holes or mistreatment of various transhumanist ideas, but just constantly thinking "why the hell is a unique, multi-billion-dollar, supercomputer-augmented agent running around getting into fistfights and gunfights with just one sidekick/bodyguard instead of having a full tactical team protecting him at all times." If someone could tell me a good "reason" for this, I think I'd be able to enjoy the show a lot more. :-)

Comment author: shminux 05 March 2014 04:04:48PM *  -1 points [-]

Actually, a unique person with a chip like that would not be let out of the lab. Mycroft more than Sherlock. The reason for him being a field agent is, of course, that it makes the show more exciting. Similarly, any chip like that would be built with external access by the handlers, so it can be debugged, updated and disabled if necessary.