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...Just because we've spent money on one laughable research doesn't mean we should spend it on more, does it? Are you seriously going to argue that?
by manish_gill 11y ago
...Just because we've spent money on one laughable research doesn't mean we should spend it on more, does it? Are you seriously going to argue that?
- Anderkent 11y agoNo, what I'm arguing is that if we only spent money on things everyone agrees are useful, we'd never get anything done.
- manish_gill 11y agoNot everyone has to agree. That's why we have the scientific method and research institutes. If the current science shows that something is worth exploring in more detail, that some avenues are worth spending money on, spending money on them makes sense. Bullshit Ideas like AI apocalypse and singularity, transhumanism, downloading brain into a computer do not fit into that criteria.
- Anderkent 11y agoSo how do ideas get to the stage where the 'research institutes' agree they're worth investigating? It seems to me like you're saying "I don't like these ideas, no one should be working on them". That seems a worse principle then "everyone should work on ideas they find worth investigating". I also have no idea how you distinguish 'Bullshit Ideas' from non-bullshit ideas without investigating them. Your gut is not that good at distinguishing truth from a blunder.