A lot of truths in EY’s post. Though I also agree with Hopefully Anon’s observations—as is so often the case, Eliezer reminds me of Descartes—brilliant, mathematical, uncowed by dogma, has his finger on the most important problems, is aware of how terrifyingly daunting those problems are, thinks he has a universal method to solve those problems.
A lot of truths in EY’s post. Though I also agree with Hopefully Anon’s observations—as is so often the case, Eliezer reminds me of Descartes—brilliant, mathematical, uncowed by dogma, has his finger on the most important problems, is aware of how terrifyingly daunting those problems are, thinks he has a universal method to solve those problems.