gwern comments on Open Thread: December 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bgrah449 02 December 2009 05:44:44PM *  6 points [-]

I am completely baffled why this would be downvoted. I guess asking a question in genuine pursuit of knowledge, in an open thread, is wasting someone's time, or is offensive.

I like to think someone didn't have the time to write "No, that's not the case," and wished, before dashing off, leaving nothing but a silhouette of dust, that their cryptic, curt signal would be received as intended; that as they hurry down the underground tunnel past red, rotating spotlights, they hoped against hope that their seed of truth landed in fertile ground -- godspeed, downvote.

Comment author: gwern 06 December 2009 02:22:08AM 1 point [-]

I upvoted you because your second sentence painted a story that deeply amused me.

/pats seed of truth, and pours a little water on it