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Comment author: Error 25 March 2016 03:37:31PM 2 points [-]

Heh. Damn, beat me to it.

I find this interesting because Tim doesn't seem to come from the LW-sphere, but still clicked on arguments that I typically associate with LW-type people. That may say more about what I'm exposed to than anything else, though.

Comment author: Furcas 25 March 2016 03:50:05PM 3 points [-]

He doesn't come from the LW-sphere but he's obviously read a lot of LW or LW-affiliated stuff. I mean, he's written a pair of articles about the existential risk of AGI...

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 26 March 2016 12:44:00PM 2 points [-]

He explicitly quotes Eliezer, e.g.:

Most cryonicists have a hunch that you can survive cryopreservation intact (cryonicist Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that “successful cryonics preserves anything about you that is preserved by going to sleep at night and waking up the next morning”) but they also admit that this is yet another variable they’re not sure about. You might even want to consider this a fifth “If” to add onto our list: If what seems to be a revived me is actually me…

and also mentions at the end that he noticed Eliezer's writings commonly turn out to have something in common with what he wants to write about.

Comment author: Error 27 March 2016 02:42:21PM 1 point [-]

I think maybe we just interpreted it differently. That reads to me like someone on the outside coming in, not someone on the inside going out.

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 28 March 2016 01:02:53PM 2 points [-]

My interpretation was the same as yours, and I never said anything that contradicts it. I just provided some relevant information.

You might have exhibited a tendency to assume that all arguments attack your position by default?

Comment author: Error 29 March 2016 01:49:01AM *  0 points [-]

Possibly.

I'm going to stick to possibly, though after a moment's mental grappling I realized that if I answer 'yes' to your question I'm acknowledging its truth, while if I answer 'no' to your question I'm demonstrating its truth....if that was intentional, well played. :-P

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 29 March 2016 01:53:51AM *  1 point [-]

Herherher. This is why I always thought I would fit in the role of an evil mastermind.

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