David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years agothis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongwww.lesswrong.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkthis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongwww.lesswrong.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareRob Hogan@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years ago@dgerard “In the days of my youth, about two years ago…” 😂
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoit’s important to remember that the rationalist recruits tend terrifyingly young.
minus-squarebitofhope@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years 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-squarezogwarg@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years 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).