David GerardMA to SneerClubEnglish • 10 months agothis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongwww.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square38arrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkthis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongwww.lesswrong.comDavid GerardMA to SneerClubEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square38
minus-squareRob Hoganlinkfedilink7•10 months ago@dgerard “In the days of my youth, about two years ago…” 😂
minus-squareDavid GerardOPMAlinkEnglish7•10 months agoit’s important to remember that the rationalist recruits tend terrifyingly young.
minus-square@bitofhopelinkEnglish8•10 months agoOn the flipside, there’s hope for many of them to grow and reconsider their positions. Whomst among us wasn’t a dumbass as a teenager?
minus-square@zogwarglinkEnglish5•edit-210 months agoIt was so funny that I read it as an intentionnal self-deprecating (and by extension towards the community) joke, maybe I am too optimistic towards human nature ^^ (especically of the Ratty kind).
@dgerard “In the days of my youth, about two years ago…” 😂
it’s important to remember that the rationalist recruits tend terrifyingly young.
On the flipside, there’s hope for many of them to grow and reconsider their positions. Whomst among us wasn’t a dumbass as a teenager?
Not like that.
It was so funny that I read it as an intentionnal self-deprecating (and by extension towards the community) joke, maybe I am too optimistic towards human nature ^^ (especically of the Ratty kind).