I voted up your comment; you bring up three very likely scenarios. This is a side issue, but an important one in my opinion: Why did you mention John Edwards t

I voted up your comment; you bring up three very likely scenarios. This is a side issue, but an important one in my opinion: Why did you mention John Edwards there? Did it really make what you were saying more clear? Or was it just a great opportunity to get in a political dig? """ In Artificial Intelligence, and particularly in the domain of nonmonotonic reasoning, there's a standard problem: "All Quakers are pacifists. All Republicans are not pacifists. Nixon is a Quaker and a Republican. Is Nixon a pacifist?" What on Earth was the point of choosing this as an example? To rouse the political emotions of the readers and distract them from the main question? To make Republicans feel unwelcome in courses on Artificial Intelligence and discourage them from entering the field? """ http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/