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Ask HN: What’s the most outrageous belief you’re confident is true?

I was thinking through my 2022 predictions and one came to mind that I thought, “hmm… I’d better keep that one to myself.” Its further out than 2022, and hopefully it’s a never. But I am confident it’s coming, and I sure it’s a bad outcome for humanity: we become more and more influenced by learning systems that are goaled to drive behaviors that are not in our best interest, and, eventually lead to a virtual enslavement that leaves us with no free will.

I shudder at the thought.

What outrageous belief are you confident is true?

71 points 11thEarlOfMar 4 years ago 375 comments

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