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Just nick picking but any irrational belief is mockable, if not the people holding it themselves. And when people holding risible beliefs speak from authority,
by sheepdestroyer 9y ago
Just nick picking but any irrational belief is mockable, if not the people holding it themselves. And when people holding risible beliefs speak from authority, it is not unfair to cite those.
- Smaug123 9y agoThere, but for the grace of God, go I. (And I repeat that I don't know of an instance where Yudkowsky has ever expressed fear that he will be revived by a future AI and tortured. This sounds like it's referring crudely to the memetic hazard known as Roko's Basilisk, which he has explicitly stated he doesn't believe in.)
- skgoa 9y agoYou are right, I misremembered that.