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NIck Bostrom on the Status Quo Bias

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The Double Reversal Test for Human Intelligence

Scientists predict that if we do nothing, then people's brains will gradually start to heal. That will result in an increase in average intelligence because the dine therapy enhancement is still in effect. But would you say it would be all things considered good to go and pump poison into the tap water to give people brain damage to prevent their intelligence from increasing? "That would be bizarre," says Dr Andrew Keen.

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