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Comment author: MrMind 18 July 2014 08:59:00AM *  1 point [-]

Eliezer specifically denied the possibility of a basilisk, although no theory of acausal blackmail in reflective equilibrium exists yet.
Roko's post was deleted because of how people reacted to it, not because it was a real memetic hazard.

ETA: on a second review, that's the reason Yudkowsky gave after the fact. I'm not convinced it was his initial motivation.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 July 2014 01:24:52PM 0 points [-]

no theory of acausal blackmail in reflective equilibrium exists yet

Isn't this precisely what TDT solves?

Comment author: MrMind 21 July 2014 07:13:07AM 2 points [-]

I sincerely have no idea. I don't even know if TDT stands on its own as a completed theory.