Downvoted for dismissing a question that is tremendously important to Eliezer’s own work without giving any evidence; and for claiming certainty.
It would be reasonable to say that you think it might not be possible. It isn’t reasonable to claim to know that it’s impossible.
I have just stated that it isn’t reasonable to dismiss without argument as impossible what may be our only chance for survival. I therefore find the immediate surge of downvotes surprising, and would appreciate explanations.
It’s like asking how you should move your legs to walk faster than a jet plane.
Easy. Go to the first-class galley. Drop-kick their ceramic plates and bowls so that they shatter. Then tell the inspectors. They’ll ground the plane. I can walk faster than 0 mph, can you?
(ETA: Better suggestions not given for fear of being arrested, but you get the picture.)
You forgot that aircraft structural analysts post here.
It’s like asking how I should move my legs to travel faster than a a jet plane moves its legs? j/k But I took on what was really meant by the question.
...and the answer is, “None.” It’s like asking how you should move your legs to walk faster than a jet plane.
I think the question we should all be asking is, “Is the plane on a treadmill?”
Downvoted for dismissing a question that is tremendously important to Eliezer’s own work without giving any evidence; and for claiming certainty.
It would be reasonable to say that you think it might not be possible. It isn’t reasonable to claim to know that it’s impossible.
I have just stated that it isn’t reasonable to dismiss without argument as impossible what may be our only chance for survival. I therefore find the immediate surge of downvotes surprising, and would appreciate explanations.
Easy. Go to the first-class galley. Drop-kick their ceramic plates and bowls so that they shatter. Then tell the inspectors. They’ll ground the plane. I can walk faster than 0 mph, can you?
(ETA: Better suggestions not given for fear of being arrested, but you get the picture.)
You forgot that aircraft structural analysts post here.
Oh, and wrong meta-level! Or something...
I can already walk faster than a jet plane. Jet planes do not walk.
How can you walk faster than something that doesn’t walk walks?
I love this site.
If it can’t walk at all, I can certainly walk faster than it.
Would you like some more tea?
Tonight, we dine in Bayesian hell!
ETA: or wherever Popperians go when they’re falsified.
Principle-of-charity interpretation:
“It’s like asking how you should move your legs to travel faster than a jet plane.”
It’s like asking how I should move my legs to travel faster than a a jet plane moves its legs? j/k But I took on what was really meant by the question.