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Emile comments on What are your contrarian views? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Metus 15 September 2014 09:17AM

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Comment author: Jiro 15 September 2014 07:58:09PM 13 points [-]

Roko's Basilisk legitimately demonstrates a problem with LW. "Rationality" that leads people to believe such absurd ideas is messed up, and 1) the presence of a significant number of people psychologically affected by the basilisk and 2) the fact that Eliezer accepts that basilisk-like ideas can be dangerous are signs that there is something wrong with the rationality practiced here.

Comment author: Emile 16 September 2014 09:06:04PM 5 points [-]

the presence of a significant number of people psychologically affected by the basilisk

Does "rolling my eyes and reading something else" count as "psychologically affected"?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 17 September 2014 01:47:01AM 1 point [-]

May I suggest reading Singularity Sky by Charles Stross, which has precisely such a menacing future AI as an antagonist? (Spoiler: no basilisk memes involved in the plot; they're obviously not obvious to everyone who thinks of this scenario.)