I don’t mean to say your conclusion is wrong, but I’d like to point out that if Eliezer’s ideas were summed up as one paragraph and posted to some other website, many people there would respond using the same thought process that you used. Anyway, a text can be wrong and still worth reading. I think the text I linked to is very worth reading. If you get halfway through and still think that it’s stupid, let me know—I’ll be pretty surprised.
Holy crap that’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve read this week.
Downvoted for insult + not giving a reason.
I don’t mean to say your conclusion is wrong, but I’d like to point out that if Eliezer’s ideas were summed up as one paragraph and posted to some other website, many people there would respond using the same thought process that you used. Anyway, a text can be wrong and still worth reading. I think the text I linked to is very worth reading. If you get halfway through and still think that it’s stupid, let me know—I’ll be pretty surprised.