Rationalist check-list:

  1. Incorrect use of analogy? Check.
  2. Pseudoscientific nonsense used to make your point seem more profound? Check.
  3. Tortured use of probability estimates? Check.
  4. Over-long description of a point that could just have easily been made in 1 sentence? Check.

This email by SBF is basically one big malapropism.

  • David GerardMA
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    101 year ago

    Apparently Eliezer was bullied by a Harry Potter fan forum, to the point that some of the users set up a blog called “Methods of Rationality sucks”.

    His reaction was where Sneerclub got its name

    • @gerikson
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      71 year ago

      That quote has always been mildly amusing but learning it’s from a fanfic beef makes it hilarious.

    • @maol
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      41 year ago

      And people gave this man money. Lots of money. My God.