Being expected to read Bostrom before debating Singularitarians is like atheists being expected to read the Bible before debating Christians
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The burden is on Singularitarians (as it is on Biblical literalists) to make enough of a prima facie case for skeptics to even read the book
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Reading a big fat book is a serious investment, like taking a case to trial. You have to make the indictment stick first.
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Just finished Editor of Genius, the Max Perkins bio this AM -- easily 20+ hour read. (took weeks...) #worthit amazon.com/gp/product/039
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Unrelated, I have a high level of loathing for movie posters as book covers. I heard the film was a terrible depiction of the book.
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which is why the project of Derp Theory (for some value of Derp) is perpetually doomed: the cost of parsing opaque academic monographs.
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fwiw, I'm not a Singularitarian but I enjoyed Bostrom. Thought it was clear about premises & explored their conclusions thoroughly



