From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 22:59:41 MST
Samantha Atkins wrote:
> John K Clark wrote:
>
>> "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com> Wrote:
>>
>> > It makes me realize that Peace Movements will get the blame
>> > whether we go to war or not, or when we are in a war.
>>
>> Not by me, hell half of me is in the peace movement, the other half is
>> a war
>> monger. If the war goes badly of if Iraq disintegrates into chaos
>> after the
>> war I will publicly say you were right, we should know in about a year.
>> If the war goes well and Iraq is prosperous will you publicly say you
>> were wrong?
>
> Sure. Right after I say I was wrong when the alien ship lands on the
> White House lawn and Elvis steps out. :-)
How long is Iraq allowed to become prosperous? 20 years? I detect a
minor problem.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sun Feb 02 2003 - 21:26:03 MST