Career, Physics and Goals (was: Artificial General Intelligence Speculations)

[lmf]

@Elliot

There’s a pattern where you argue with stuff fairly strongly/persistently and then concede later. From my point of view, you keep expecting to be right this time, and I think pointing out why you’re wrong this time will not fix any underlying issue so it’s not productive.

Okay. I’ll continue to express my disagreements rather than hide them, and if you don’t respond I will just assume that it’s because you think it wouldn’t be productive. (By the way, that has been my policy since seeing this post, but I didn’t state it publicly).

@Elliot

Another pattern I’ve seen a few times in the past is someone responding to the above problem/pattern (about repeatedly thinking you’re going to be right this time, when you’re not) by losing all confidence, trying to defer or concede about everything. That’s bad too, including because it prevents objections and disagreements from being stated, and ends discussions before enough learning happens.

Yes, I strongly agree. Just because you’re better at philosophy than I am, does not mean that I can supplant your judgement for my own and concede everything to you. You are fallible, and my interpretation of you is even more fallible.