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blackbootz · 2935 days ago · link · · parent · post: Has anyone read "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" by Eliezer Yudkowsky
SSC often makes highlight posts of comments pulled from the discussion, often containing critical commentary. That, and the regular open threads, strike me as the behavior of someone open to doubt, forming new opinions, revising old ones. He often verbalizes his reticence about stating a point or the validity of the data he's using. I'm practically unfamiliar with Yudkowsky, but it seems like he's the main perpetrator of this kind of weaponized certainty. Actually, scratch that. That title definitely goes to TLP. But the thrust of your comment applies if I had indeed made you think that I value certainty over self-conscious doubt. I strive not to, as comforting as certainty can be sometimes.