You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

CellBioGuy comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Gondolinian 25 May 2015 12:00AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (301)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: drethelin 26 May 2015 04:54:31AM 6 points [-]

My biggest problem with EA is the excessive focus on a specific metric with no consideration of higher order plans or effects. The epitome of naive utilitarianism.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 27 May 2015 04:33:32PM 1 point [-]

I dont think anyone really CAN reliably consider all but the crudest higher order effects like population size...