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comment by veen
veen  ·  1930 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Roko's Basilisk: The most terrifying thought experiment of all time

    Now, Roko’s Basilisk is only dangerous if you believe all of the above preconditions and commit to making the two-box deal with the Basilisk. But at least some of the LessWrong members do believe all of the above, which makes Roko’s Basilisk quite literally forbidden knowledge

...or it means that some LessWrong members are idiots who don't see any flaws in the preconditions.

If someone presents a dichotomy, one can assume it's a false dichotomy until proven otherwise.