I don’t accept your authority on what “looks silly”. And I don’t optimize for how I look; so I’m unmoved by your social pressure. Most of your post is sum up by “Come on, be courageous”.
I strong downvoted because your post has patterns of social pressure, instead of just giving me arguments for why I’m wrong.
The only two argument I can retrieve are:
What if someone creates an AI that tortures everyone who doesn’t know about Roko’s basilisk?
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How are you even supposed to solve a problem if you aren’t allowed to discuss some of its aspects.
I doubt good answers to those questions would change your mind on calling Roko’s basilisk an info-hasard. (would they?)
Well, looking bad leads to attracting less donor money, so it is somewhat important how you look. The argument about why Roko’s basilisk won’t actually be made on purpose is my central point, that’s what you’d have to refute to change my mind. (While I understand how it might get created by accident, spreading awareness to prevent such an accident is more helpful than covering it up—which is now impossible to do anyway, thanks to the Streisand effect the topic comes up all the time.)
I don’t accept your authority on what “looks silly”. And I don’t optimize for how I look; so I’m unmoved by your social pressure. Most of your post is sum up by “Come on, be courageous”.
I strong downvoted because your post has patterns of social pressure, instead of just giving me arguments for why I’m wrong.
The only two argument I can retrieve are:
I doubt good answers to those questions would change your mind on calling Roko’s basilisk an info-hasard. (would they?)
Well, looking bad leads to attracting less donor money, so it is somewhat important how you look. The argument about why Roko’s basilisk won’t actually be made on purpose is my central point, that’s what you’d have to refute to change my mind. (While I understand how it might get created by accident, spreading awareness to prevent such an accident is more helpful than covering it up—which is now impossible to do anyway, thanks to the Streisand effect the topic comes up all the time.)