Re: The good ship Extro 1

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 18:58:12 MDT

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    On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 01:00:16 +0200, Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:

    > And somewhere deep below Anders and Eliezer are trying to get the
    > nuclear reactor to work. "Shouldn't we ask some hardware type to help us
    > out? We are theory people, after all." "Don't you trust in Bayesian
    > reasoning and Google?" "Uh, sure. According to this site we should pull
    > that lever..."

    Well, that might or might not be more reassuring than:

    ANDERS: "Are you sure you didn't pull that lever?" ELIEZER: "Pretty sure.
    And you?" A.: "Oh, me too, I don't think I did it either." [Marx
    Brothers-style physical comedy involving calculators and Roshambo]
    [They wind up pushing it the other way, a fraction of full travel...]
    [SFX: Funny throbbing doppler-shifted "phaser on overload" sound SWELLS]
    [SX: Omnous silence for three beats. BLACKOUT DISSOLVE TO]
    [SFX: "Abandon Ship. This Is Not A Drill." and klaxon]
    [Exeunt Omnes, swimming]

    -- 
    I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization. 
    Sometimes I forget.
    


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