den Otter wrote:
>
> Yes, and I bet that (some) religious nuts drink thea, wear T-shirts
> and ride a bike, but that doesn't mean that those things
> are automatically bad. The same goes for some of their ideas/
> methods.
> We can scientifically prove that we're right, something that the others
> can't. Also, we can scientifically prove that the other memes will usually
> deminish one's quality of life, and *always* lead to the permanent
> destruction of the host. Our intentions are good, and our methods
> are sound. It doesn't get any better than that.
Whoa! I've never heard any of those religious nuts claim they can PROVE they're right! They just argued that their view had a fairly good probability of being right and was better than any other alternative. Fools. Of course, we both know that only being absolutely certain that you're right can possibly justify imposing your own views on everyone else.
-- sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://pobox.com/~sentience/AI_design.temp.html http://pobox.com/~sentience/sing_analysis.html Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you everything I think I know.