From: den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Date: Fri Aug 28 1998 - 12:08:31 MDT
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> From: Nick Bostrom <bostrom@ndirect.co.uk>
> Colin wrote:
>
> > If the Argument is true then, by the very nature
> > of it, there isn't squat we can do.
>
> That's not true. Even under the interpretation that doom will strike
> soon (just one among several other interpretations), we can reduce
> the risk of doom by reducing the various empirical threats - black
> goo, meteor impact, high-energy physics experiment, nuclear or germ
> warfare, environmental collaps, etc.
Is there any proposed role for the WTA / ExI in this, apart from
educating the (mostly online) public?
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