Re:Lost Advanced Civilizations
by causality0 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:35AM
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LessWrong is another altar at which your worship should include a grain of salt. They have quite a lot of great articles but they often fail to do a sanity check when their conclusions become ridiculous. See also, the Roko's basilisk stupidity.
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Re:Lost Advanced Civilizations
by a1369209993 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:56AM
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That is as true or more of every altar[0], so I'm not sure what your point is.
0: "Worship me without salt or die!" is a reason to engage in premeditated deicide, not worship.
Re:Lost Advanced Civilizations
by causality0 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:09PM
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Reading the articles it's very easy to get an impression that LessWrong is a "best of the best" community.
Re:Lost Advanced Civilizations
by a1369209993 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:28AM
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They are. But that's a very depressing statement about everyone else. About them it's more damning with faint praise.