timtyler comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism

timtyler 14 Dec 2011 18:29 UTC
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Perhaps a majority could be taught to be rational, I am not denying this possibility, but I do not think that it is economically feasible.

I’d doubt the feasibility without brain modification tech.

Surely education is “brain modification tech”. You can upgrade your own software.
- wedrifid 14 Dec 2011 19:00 UTC
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  Surely education is “brain modification tech”.
  
  No.
  - timtyler 14 Dec 2011 19:41 UTC
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    A lot of educational tools are technology—I would personally say that all educational systems are forms of technology.
    
    ...and they definitely modify your brain. Not counting them? Consider reconsidering.
    - wedrifid 14 Dec 2011 20:14 UTC
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      The link provided in the grandparent is important:
      
      And DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED on people who think Wikipedia is an “Artificial Intelligence”, the invention of LSD was a “Singularity” or that corporations are “superintelligent”!
      
      “Education” is “brain modification technology” in about the same way the invention of LSD was a singularity.
      
      It was a long time ago so my memory is hazy… was that post actually written as a direct response to you back in the day or was the “corporations are super-intelligent” guy someone else?
      - timtyler 14 Dec 2011 22:16 UTC
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        was that post actually written as a direct response to you back in the day or was the “corporations are super-intelligent” guy someone else?
        
        I don’t think I would ever have said “corporations are super-intelligent”. “Agents with super-human powers” would be more my line.
        
        “Superintelligent” means something fairly specific—something which corporations are not yet—and I have been aware of that for quite a long time.