Thomas McCabe wrote:
On 4/18/08, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thomas McCabe wrote:
On 4/18/08, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Such a discussion list would be just another exclusive club for people
dedicated to spineless Yudkowsky-worship.
Richard Loosemore
Eli's not a member of fai-logistics, and I don't think he even knows
about it yet. As for your challenge, you have to convince other people
that your theory is of some merit before people will consider it
seriously.
People *have* taken both the challenge and my theory (two different things,
notice) seriously. They just do not belong to the SIAI group, and they do
not make their views known in these public fora. They just communicate with
me offlist.
Who are these people? Investors? Colleagues? Interested amateurs?
Your suggestion that I have to convince people of its merits before they
take it seriously is rather naive (if you will forgive me for saying so).
If *someone* isn't convinced of its merits, what separates your idea
from Gene Ray's Time Cube?
The particular kind of people who are prepared to defend their views with
any amount of incoherent rationalization, and who will use any amount of
personal slander to attack people they dislike, are not going to be
convinced of anything if it does not suit them, nor will they ever take it
seriously.
Not everyone has to take your idea seriously (look at evolution!), but
you must be able to convince *someone* of the merits of your work.
Even crazy cult leaders can attract large followings.
You repeatedly insinuate, in your comments above, that the idea is not
taken seriously by anyone, in spite of the fact I have already made it
quite clear that this is false.
Can you explain why you do this. Why, when you get the clear answer
"yes", do you continue to make remarks that amount to "If the answer is
'no', then...."?
Feel free to talk about the ideas themselves, if you are wish: your
personal opinion about the relative popularity of the ideas is a waste
of time, given your obvious bias.
Richard Loosemore
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