Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> "Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
> >
>
> > So long as the vast majority of people tend to be rational, self
> > centered, and stubbornly independent most of the time, I think
> > impossible is a good way to describe things.
>
> Don't look now but the vast majority of people are NOT like this.
The "vast majority" doesn't make decisions. Politicians, factions, and
bureaucracies make decisions.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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