[ExI] My prediction

[John Clark]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> we don't have an objective way to determine who qualifies as a
> reasonable person.*


*True but that's not important because we do have a subjective way to
determine who is a reasonable person. If somebody is reasonable, that is to
say if they take logic seriously enough that a logical argument can
convince them to change their views then I respect them. If somebody is
unreasonable then I might not respect them, at least not when they talk
about certain subjects. If I can convince reasonable people that I am at
least possibly right about something then that's all I can do. Unreasonable
people are hopeless cases.*


*I consider myself to be a reasonable person because I have absolutely no
loyalty to ideas. For decades it has been my policy that whenever I find
myself on the losing side of a debate I take the easy way out, I abandon my
former position and adopt my opponents views and make them my own. Before
the age of 12 I was convinced that there must be a God, but logical
arguments caused me to change my mind. A few years later I was convinced
that nuclear power was a bad idea, and Bitcoin was a good idea (remember
the Cypherpunks?), and Anarcho-capitalism would eventually take over the
world, and Nanotechnology was impossible, and unlimited lifespan was
impossible, and I would not see a machine pass the Turing Test in my
lifetime. But I have changed my mind about all those things.  *

*  John K Clark*
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