That’s a good suggestion. But at some point you have to let it die or wrap it up. It occurred to me while Eliezer was repeatedly trying to get Lex back onto the you’re-in-a-box-thinking-faster thought experiment: when I’m frustrated with people for not getting it, I’m often probably boring them. They don’t even see why they should bother to get it.
You have to know when to let an approach die, or otherwise change tack.
I agree, that in-the-box thought experiment exchange was pretty painful. I’ve seen people struggle when having to come up with somewhat creative answers on the spot like this before, so perhaps giving Lex several options to choose from would have at least allowed the exchange to conclude and convince some of the audience.
That’s a good suggestion. But at some point you have to let it die or wrap it up. It occurred to me while Eliezer was repeatedly trying to get Lex back onto the you’re-in-a-box-thinking-faster thought experiment: when I’m frustrated with people for not getting it, I’m often probably boring them. They don’t even see why they should bother to get it.
You have to know when to let an approach die, or otherwise change tack.
I agree, that in-the-box thought experiment exchange was pretty painful. I’ve seen people struggle when having to come up with somewhat creative answers on the spot like this before, so perhaps giving Lex several options to choose from would have at least allowed the exchange to conclude and convince some of the audience.