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Fluttershy comments on Open Thread May 2 - May 8, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 04 May 2016 04:02:11PM 1 point [-]

I just don't think we can do Hard Things anymore

The humanity or just the West?

Is there a way we can discuss civilizational issues without becoming mind-killed?

I don't see why not.

do we simply have to accept that civilizational issues are going to create a large error bar of uncertainty around our predictions?

That, too. That large error bar of uncertainty isn't going to go away even if we talk about the issues :-)