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Eliezer, we must revist the subject of exactly what it is that I am banned from talking about at some stage. I am pleased that you at least read my now-deleted comment (now archived here)- since you were its number one intended recipient. I was sorry to learn that you do not feel that my comment added to the discussion. However, if you delete comments which are critical of your views, it dramatically reduces the incentive foor people to make them in the first place. If that is indeed the theme, it makes me more inclined to let you peacefully continue in what seems to me to be your dream on some of these topics.
It seems to me that demotivating critics from giving you feedback by deleting their comments is potentially not healthy for you - in a forum associated with promoting critical thinking. It is also not great for me. I would like to be able to have an intelligent discussion with you on some of these topics. However, it seems to me that you have some work to do on yourself before that will become possible. If you will not listen to me, please consult with Daniel Dennet's recentish material on cultural evolution - and for the role of mind in evolutionary history, perhaps see Omohundro's recent lecture ("Co-opetition in Economics, Biology, and AI") - which deals briefly with that topic. Best wishes,
The 2008 Singularity Summit videos are now up:
http://singinst.org/media/singularitysummit2008