+And if that's too much to accept of the general public—
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+And it's too much to expect of garden-variety "rationalists" to figure out on their own—
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+Then I would have at least hoped Eliezer Yudkowsky to be _in favor of_ rather than _against_ his faithful students having these very basic capabilities for reflection, self-observation, and ... _speech_?
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