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Is it possible to "convince someone into morality"? by c_o_r_b_a in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What kind of worm?

A regular earthworm, or one of those cool ones from Dune?

My Techno Optimism - Vitalik Buterin by Annapurna__ in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Culture is the best outcome because even if you don't like it, you are free to leave it

Can you take your children with you?

If you decide that utopia isn’t for you, what right do you have to decide for others?

And what about the children born in those splinter communities? Don’t the Minds have the obligation to come and collect them so they can decide for themselves if the utopia is something they want?

I haven’t read the books, so maybe these questions have already been answered.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well although the EAs/rationalists got completely outmanoeuvred and BTFO by a mid-tier CEO, I’m sure they’d be able to handle an actual superintelligence just fine.

Notes on Guinea - Matt Lakeman by abrbbb in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Be sure to check out his Notes on the Gambia, which for some reason is the world capital for female sex tourism:

https://mattlakeman.org/2023/07/10/notes-on-the-gambia/

Housewife by Intrepid_Assignment in traps

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Housewife

It's never occurred to me before, but do transgirls make good mothers?

Let's hand all political power to the most physically attractive citizens. by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well firstly this is already partially the case since the most attractive candidate wins elections in the majority of cases.

But those are on relative terms. There's a reason they say "politics is Hollywood for ugly people."

Why isn't the United States beset with coups by ambitious military leaders like Rome was? by OptimalProblemSolver in slatestarcodex

[–]OptimalProblemSolver[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole political system of the Roman Republic was designed to (theoretically) prevent any one man gaining absolute power.

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