From: John Marlow (johnmarlow@gmx.net)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 13:48:56 MDT
#
On 3 May 2001, at 9:27, Jim Fehlinger wrote:
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> >
> > [S]aying "I am a genius" proves that you are either extremely
smart
> > or stupid, but the Bayesian priors indicate you are more likely
to
> > be stupid. This is an emergent social pressure in genuinely
rational
> > listeners which can force geniuses to either lie about their own
> > self-evaluation or avoid discussing it,...
#"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
--Calvin
jm
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John Marlow
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