When someone is pretty good, but not completely perfect, instead of helping them or cooperating with them, it is much more fun (read: high status) to mock them.
This is why Ayn Rand thought everyone (except for Aristotle) was stupid.
This is why Eliezer thinks Ayn Rand was stupid.
This is why the next supergenius born in 2020 will think Eliezer was stupid.
This is why our kind will do many awesome things individually or in small groups, but at the end, the barbarians will always win.
No it isn’t. (There may be other people who Eliezer thinks are stupid for this reason. Ayn Rand is not one.)
This is why the next supergenius born in 2020 will think Eliezer was stupid.
Probably not and said person probably will not think Eliezer is stupid. In the same way Eliezer doesn’t think Janes, Douglas Hofstadter and others who fall into approximately the correct contrarian cluster to be stupid.
This is why our kind will do many awesome things individually or in small groups, but at the end, the barbarians will always win.
The essay you link to does not support the position you are expressing. I agree with the article and suggest your “at the end, the barbarians will always win” is a hasty generalisation.
Two reasons.
First reason—all the flaws described in this discussion.
Second reason—it was not invented here and our kind can’t cooperate.
When someone is pretty good, but not completely perfect, instead of helping them or cooperating with them, it is much more fun (read: high status) to mock them.
This is why Ayn Rand thought everyone (except for Aristotle) was stupid.
This is why Eliezer thinks Ayn Rand was stupid.
This is why the next supergenius born in 2020 will think Eliezer was stupid.
This is why our kind will do many awesome things individually or in small groups, but at the end, the barbarians will always win.
No it isn’t. (There may be other people who Eliezer thinks are stupid for this reason. Ayn Rand is not one.)
Probably not and said person probably will not think Eliezer is stupid. In the same way Eliezer doesn’t think Janes, Douglas Hofstadter and others who fall into approximately the correct contrarian cluster to be stupid.
The essay you link to does not support the position you are expressing. I agree with the article and suggest your “at the end, the barbarians will always win” is a hasty generalisation.