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Originally Posted by VeeDDzz`
Schopenhauer says that there are two great evils: boredom and suffering.
Arthur was correct about the latter. The former is silly: the constraints placed upon us aren't such that it isn't avoidable.
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Some have hypothesized that the beginnings of war are rooted in plain old boredom; the need for action; the need for movement.
I think this is true when applied to the supporters of war more-so than the actual perpetrators.
Before the latest Iraqi invasion, Dick Cheney is on record correctly predicting the outcome of what a US invasion of Iraq would lead to. He did so anyway and profited greatly. Totally rational.
The masses got excited watching the first few days of Iraqi invasion. The term war-porn was re-born.
Godwin aside, Hitler was also totally rational if his goal was to take over the world. He failed because he wasn't intelligent enough. If Hitler bided his time after the Battle of Britain, for example, he would have greatly increased his odds. In fact, there are many things he could have done more intelligently; but what's clear is heading east towards the Soviets leaving himself vulnerable to attacks from the west was a grave mistake.
Of course the point here is conflating the words rational and intelligence. AGI will be both highly rational and highly intelligent somehow, no one knows how but that's the ideal, which isn't based on much reason at all. And let's throw in the words consciousness, logical and ethical while we're at it to make things easier to digest.
Last edited by MacOneDouble; 04-08-2018 at 01:39 PM.