Tim Lee doubles down: a society of 8-year-olds couldn't exert meaningful long-term control over anyone
binarybits · x · 2026-11-16
Continuing the adults-vs-children analogy thread, Tim Lee (@binarybits) clarifies his position: a society of 8-year-olds could not exercise meaningful long-term control over anybody, regardless of the counterpart's intelligence. This is consistent with his earlier claim that such a society would collapse before adult-level intelligence ever appeared, jointly undermining the analogy that a less intelligent group can durably rule a smarter one.
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