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