Books Quote by Nick Bostrom

“Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom, a Professor at Oxford.”

— Douglas E. Richards

“We can tentatively define a superintelligence as any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of humans in virtually all domains of interest.”

— Nick Bostrom

“Quality superintelligence: A system that is at least as fast as a human mind and vastly qualitatively smarter. As”

— Nick Bostrom

“Klosterman’s Razor: the philosophical belief that the best hypothesis is the one that reflexively accepts its potential wrongness to begin with. _____________________________”

— Chuck Klosterman

“It's easy to let your biases—political, intellectual, or otherwise—color your view of the world. A growing body of research suggests that even the smartest…

— Steven D. Levitt

False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.

— Horace Mann

[Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also…

— Claude Bernard

“I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult…

— Daniel Kahneman

“Opinions of the masses kill the 'extra' in an 'extraordinary' idea.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“metaphysics by showing that these theories are not just false, but unintelligible.”

— David Hume

“Most modern intellectuals and scientists have hardly any interest in place, for they consider their theories to be applicable everywhere.”

— Alastair Bonnett

“As dysfunctional as they may be on occasion, our theories, preconceptions, and “biases” are what make us smart.”

— Thomas Gilovich