From: Robin Lee Powell (rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org)
Date: Mon Mar 14 2005 - 23:17:47 MST
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 08:53:56PM -0800, spike wrote:
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> > ...quite absurd to suppose that a lone five-year-old could face
> > down full adult intelligences and win...
>
> Chess players get this if they start very young and have talent.
> If a sharp 8 year old can spank all the adults he knows,
Erm.
5 year old != 8 year old, in several profound and important ways.
-Robin
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