I just gave this a re-read, I forgot what a trip it is to read the thoughts of Eliezer Yudkowsky. It continues to be some of my favorite stuff in recent years written on LessWrong.
It’s hard to relate to the world with a level of mastery over basic ideas as Eliezer has. I don’t mean with this to vouch that his perspective is certainly correct, but I believe it is at least possible, and so I think he aspires to a knowledge of reality that I rarely if ever aspire to. Reading it inspires me to really think about how the world works, and really figure out what I know and what I don’t. +9
(And the smart people dialoguing with him here are good sports for keeping up their side of the argument.)
I just gave this a re-read, I forgot what a trip it is to read the thoughts of Eliezer Yudkowsky. It continues to be some of my favorite stuff in recent years written on LessWrong.
It’s hard to relate to the world with a level of mastery over basic ideas as Eliezer has. I don’t mean with this to vouch that his perspective is certainly correct, but I believe it is at least possible, and so I think he aspires to a knowledge of reality that I rarely if ever aspire to. Reading it inspires me to really think about how the world works, and really figure out what I know and what I don’t. +9
(And the smart people dialoguing with him here are good sports for keeping up their side of the argument.)