Re: Interest - re: Yudkowsky

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Jun 24 1999 - 02:18:57 MDT


Julian Leviston <julian@tcp.net.au> writes:

> Questions open. Answers close. Consider this statement for me: Openings are
> better than closings if we wish to evolve.

I disagree - because you can sit in a cave all day asking questions,
but in the evening you will still not have changed. It is *finding*
answers that helps us evolve. And surpisingly, each found answer tends
to lead to ten new questions.

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