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SA just wrote a history of New Atheism and it's genuinely so bad in so many ways I'm too depressed to sneer at it. (https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/30/new-atheism-the-godlessness-that-failed/)
posted at November 01, 2019 01:01 PM by u/PMMeYourJerkyRecipes
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David Chalmers: "is there a canonical source for "the argument for AGI ruin" somewhere, preferably laid out as an explicit argument with premises and a conclusion? (https://twitter.com/davidchalmers42/status/1647333812584562688)
posted at April 16, 2023 04:23 PM by u/muchcharles
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How many are allowed to die to prevent AGI, Yud? (https://i.redd.it/tatpeo3phcra1.jpg)
posted at April 01, 2023 04:58 PM by u/rs16
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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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Not all rationalists are equally bad. Some are violent white nationalists, while others just encourage them. Yes, it's still that Twitter thread, but dear Lord did you know you can just stop tweeting (https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1122905797325881344)
posted at April 29, 2019 06:37 PM by u/dgerard
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ITT: Your best Basilisks (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/b15kph/itt_your_best_basilisks/)
posted at March 14, 2019 08:47 PM by u/DELETED
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Genius writes 6 minute talk in only 4 days (https://i.redd.it/0z77k84bj4va1.jpg)
posted at April 20, 2023 11:29 PM by u/Teddy642
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B R E A K I N G N E W S: Local Rationalist discovers anti-parasitic de-wormer Ivermectin improves health outcomes of COVID patients with pre-existing parasitic worms. (https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted)
posted at November 27, 2021 04:59 AM by u/AbsolutelyExcellent
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Where is the "rational" fiction? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/n1p6jl/where_is_the_rational_fiction/)
posted at April 30, 2021 08:03 AM by u/ConcernedHibernation
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The mainstreaming of NRx: Glenn Greenwald, defender of Scott/Substack, links to Moldbug's post on how big tech is a slave to Cthulhu (and thus Zuckerberg isn't a true King). (https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1375196329530560514)
posted at March 27, 2021 04:32 AM by u/ConcernedHibernation
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Biden adds reparations advocate professor to economic task force, r/CultureWarRoundup: "Reminder that you all have a moral obligation to take up arms to oppose this" (+22) (https://www.reddit.com/r/CultureWarRoundup/comments/jv168e/offtopic_and_loweffort_cw_thread_for_the_week_of/gcqsbvg/?context=10000)
posted at November 19, 2020 11:35 PM by u/honeypuppy
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Scooter speculates about how much in common he has with the 9/11 hijackeers. It could be a lot. (http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/18/fundamental-value-differences-are-not-that-fundamental/)
posted at July 18, 2018 08:11 PM by u/zhezhijian
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What exactly is this sub? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/s6kjht/what_exactly_is_this_sub/)
posted at January 18, 2022 01:12 AM by u/batsofburden
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"The typical racist is morally comparable to a socialist who dislikes businesspeople and the rich." (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/n4ndzl/the_typical_racist_is_morally_comparable_to_a/)
posted at May 04, 2021 12:40 PM by u/sverlook
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A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste. (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jordan-peterson-treatment-russia-1.5456939)
posted at February 08, 2020 11:12 PM by u/Throwaway_sneerer
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New Rule(s) for Sneers (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/91th1q/new_rules_for_sneers/)
posted at July 25, 2018 04:41 PM by u/queerbees
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Apparently, no one in academica cares if the results they get are correct, nor do their jobs depend on discovering verificatable theories. (https://i.redd.it/siqmd364h83b1.png)
posted at May 31, 2023 04:17 PM by u/Revlong57
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I could really do with some help (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/10suek5/i_could_really_do_with_some_help/)
posted at February 03, 2023 08:31 PM by u/qmwnev
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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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"Makes you think": Yglesias pointing out just how awful Robin Hanson is re: Kavanaugh (https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1041752251784724481)
posted at September 17, 2018 06:18 PM by u/giziti
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Whats The Actual situation with AI? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/954kvn/whats_the_actual_situation_with_ai/)
posted at August 06, 2018 07:55 PM by u/donaldhobson
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Yud: only LW/EA communities attract thinking people (https://i.redd.it/wwff995xf64b1.png)
posted at June 05, 2023 10:32 AM by u/dreamskij
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“You’re Probably a Eugenicist” sounds like a great conference talk, where do I signup? (https://i.redd.it/xr6nzzfnn1b81.jpg)
posted at January 11, 2022 11:29 AM by u/pja
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Socialism doesn't work because philosophers favour abstraction over results (https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1151053786036822017)
posted at July 17, 2019 07:01 AM by u/evangainspower
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Throwback Thursday: When ~most feminist person in rationalism~ Ozy Frantz posted a "both sides" take on Gamergate (November 2014) (https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/zoe-quinn-is-an-abuser/)
posted at November 08, 2018 07:50 PM by u/IneffectiveEgoist
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