Rain comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims?

[Rain]

I like how Nick Bostrom put it re: probabilities and interesting future phenomena:

I see philosophy and science as overlapping parts of a continuum. Many of my interests lie in the intersection. I tend to think in terms of probability distributions rather than dichotomous epistemic categories. I guess that in the far future the human condition will have changed profoundly, for better or worse. I think there is a non-trivial chance that this “far” future will be reached in this century. Regarding many big picture questions, I think there is a real possibility that our views are very wrong. Improving the ways in which we reason, act, and prioritize under this uncertainty would have wide relevance to many of our biggest challenges.