Re: Clinton's National Nanotechnology Initiative

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:13:35 MST

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Zero Powers wrote:
>
> I tend to vote for the liar who is saying what I want to hear and just hope
> s/he is lying about something else.

This system strikes me as being somewhat subject to abuse. Hint: Some
politicians lie more than others. Does the phrase "Bayesian Probability
Theorem" ring a bell?

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