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So it turns out Scott unironically buys into the Neo-Reactionary conspiracy theory of "The Cathedral" 110%. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/9xkgnv/so_it_turns_out_scott_unironically_buys_into_the/)
posted at November 16, 2018 08:45 AM by u/PMMeYourJerkyRecipes
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New rationalist cause: mitigating the existential risk of Wordle (https://mobile.twitter.com/AmandaAskell/status/1485757802425438209)
posted at January 26, 2022 11:08 AM by u/DELETED
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It’s very important that you understand that Big Yud does not have a feeder fetish. (https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1433112387322662919)
posted at September 02, 2021 07:10 PM by u/pja
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Roko gets all consequentialist about the allegations against Aubrey De Grey: “From a strictly consequentialist point of view, it seems that Aubrey is worth maybe a thousand times more to the anti-aging cause.” (https://twitter.com/rokomijic/status/1425369173824245761?s=21)
posted at August 11, 2021 01:06 PM by u/caquilino
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A rationalist wonders: Where are all the successful rationalists? (https://applieddivinitystudies.com/2020/09/05/rationality-winning/)
posted at March 16, 2021 09:59 AM by u/killallconservatives
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it should have been obvious to anyone at this point that anybody who openly hates on this community generally or me personally is probably also a bad person inside and has no ethics (https://www.facebook.com/yudkowsky/posts/10159408250519228)
posted at February 17, 2021 11:20 PM by u/DropZeHamma
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NSFW this sub has ruined my ability to read "HBD" as "happy birthday" instead of "racism" and I want to go back 😔 (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/krplsx/this_sub_has_ruined_my_ability_to_read_hbd_as/)
posted at January 06, 2021 03:06 PM by u/capitaladequacy
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NSFW I made a long (1h48m) video about issues with LessWrong after being involved with it for about 11 years. I also added an alternative reading list for those who want to learn about rationality without reading the Sequences. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/11d8ec4/i_made_a_long_1h48m_video_about_issues_with/)
posted at February 27, 2023 10:14 AM by u/DELETED
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Big brains motte user argues for more teenage pregnancies. He brought citations! (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/rebmfk/we_need_more_teen_pregnancies/)
posted at December 12, 2021 06:13 AM by u/just_a_poe_boy
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Especially if you don't even try to understand it. No seriously dude, why are you even talking about that?" Arthur C. Clarke if he had seen rationalists, probably (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/p300he/any_sufficiently_advanced_technology_is/)
posted at August 12, 2021 01:38 PM by u/slator_hardin
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Hanson reference in today's XKCD? (https://xkcd.com/2462/)
posted at May 14, 2021 06:12 PM by u/psychothumbs
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NSFW Metafilter discussion of SSC/NYT is pretty good. Finishes with Scott's mask-off email. Also, his blog must forever be referred to as "Excreta Sandlot". (https://www.metafilter.com/190454/The-New-York-Times-vs-Slate-Star-Codex)
posted at February 19, 2021 04:31 PM by u/dgerard
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"Stalin and Robespierre were at least human, unlike the "woke," who must be exterminated because I don't like their tweets," courtesy of CultureWarRoundup (https://old.reddit.com/r/CultureWarRoundup/comments/jzbiyn/offtopic_and_loweffort_cw_thread_for_the_week_of/gdfl21m/?context=3)
posted at November 25, 2020 09:47 AM by u/DELETED
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"one of the greatest ironies of the singularity discourse is that many of its arguments read more effectively as critiques of capitalism itself." (https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/07/the-singularity-prophets)
posted at July 23, 2020 05:15 PM by u/ProfColdheart
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„LessWrong.jpg“, Original by @mechanicalmonk1 on Twitter (https://i.redd.it/objrng92x2w41.jpg)
posted at May 01, 2020 04:14 AM by u/favouriteplace
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The most rational ballot: only voting for white candidates. (https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9uau50/comment/e96iddy?st=JO6H19YA&sh=a1197d5b)
posted at November 07, 2018 01:18 AM by u/dalamplighter
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No Major Obstacles to AGI, Says People That Have No Idea How to Invent AGI (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/117tt2s/no_major_obstacles_to_agi_says_people_that_have/)
posted at February 21, 2023 03:59 AM by u/tjbthrowaway
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Sam Harris brownnosing SBF (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/zxgy6l/sam_harris_brownnosing_sbf/)
posted at December 28, 2022 06:28 PM by u/Teddy642
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NSFW The intellectual and cultural contributions of Garfield >>>>> the intellectual and cultural contributions of "Rationalists" (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/zh0h4i/the_intellectual_and_cultural_contributions_of/)
posted at December 09, 2022 03:40 PM by u/acausalrobotgod
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China has 28 times as many people who have an IQ above 160 as the United States (…) This means that China could launch 28 Manhattan projects at the same time. (https://www.facebook.com/668725636/posts/pfbid0TtCDHv1CBN7MZer4XQMDwQw2XMS85iRGqpAZT8vMdMfKhpGNiQAkhshxRDX1Ythvl/?d=n)
posted at August 21, 2022 09:25 PM by u/killallconservatives
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Creep creep (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/tfb7et/creep_creep/)
posted at March 16, 2022 06:33 AM by u/mtraven
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EY considers “negative externalities” (https://i.redd.it/zp8xqkh8fsv61.jpg)
posted at April 27, 2021 09:54 PM by u/Lightwavers
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what's the aim of this sub? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/mi9whi/whats_the_aim_of_this_sub/)
posted at April 02, 2021 01:25 AM by u/qwert7661
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The Man Who Couldn't Compute (IRL encounters) (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/m76dt7/the_man_who_couldnt_compute_irl_encounters/)
posted at March 17, 2021 05:58 PM by u/PearlyBarley
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The hackers learn about the Indian caste system and are delighted that they can use that knowledge to confirm their favorite biases. "Perhaps castes selected for higher IQ, and ignoring that effect is burying your head in the sand?" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24558237)
posted at September 22, 2020 06:59 PM by u/sue_me_please
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