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shminux comments on I may have just had a dangerous thought. - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 22 September 2014 08:04PM

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Comment author: shminux 22 September 2014 09:55:59PM *  8 points [-]

After hearing the idea, I believe that it is not at all dangerous.

Same here. However I advised Eitan to not make a post about it, because the potential, however small, for negative publicity ("look what these crazy LWers think up") clearly outweighs the potential benefit (vanishingly tiny). I suppose a question in the open thread would be OK. The thought is neither very original nor particularly interesting.

applauding your choice to err on the side of caution.

i absolutely agree here.

Comment author: Coscott 22 September 2014 10:00:27PM *  2 points [-]

Out of curiosity, did you make this recommendation before or after reading jimrandomh's comment? I ask because I think that his comment would have caused me to have an "appear to be even more cautious" bias.