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Qiaochu_Yuan comments on [LINK] Scott Aaronson on Google, Breaking Circularity and Eigenmorality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 20 June 2014 05:22:32PM 12 points [-]

And we should all know by now how much dangerous a sub-optimal morality can be.

Agh, but if you want to solve that problem, the solution is not to criticize everyone who offers a proposal. That is not how you incentivize people to solve a problem.

Comment author: MrMind 23 June 2014 07:38:48AM 7 points [-]

the solution is not to criticize everyone who offers a proposal

I think the 'solution' is exactly to criticize everyone who offers a proposal, but do so in a respectful, clear and constructive manner, highlighting the good and the bad.

Indeed, I think that Aaronson's proposal was interesting, new and very worth of reflection and further expansion. Yet I still think it fails, and badly.