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More like, "he believed that he'd accidentally invented an eternal torture machine and then he tried to turn it on, and I yelled at him even though the eternal
by philh 12y ago
More like, "he believed that he'd accidentally invented an eternal torture machine and then he tried to turn it on, and I yelled at him even though the eternal torture machine didn't work."
- jtheory 12y agoOr maybe -- he posted something that the fact of his posting it revealed he actually intuitively knew it was bunk. See "Belief in belief", which is right near the beginning of the first sequence.... http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ It should have been obvious to Roko that either it was a worthless idea (in which case he was safe to post it... but shouldn't, because it's worthless); the other case was that it was a serious, valid idea, in which case he obviously should not post it.