mattnewport comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mattnewport 01 February 2010 11:08:32PM 0 points [-]

EU?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 February 2010 12:47:56AM 5 points [-]

Expected utility. It's more powerful than the Force.

Comment author: mattnewport 02 February 2010 12:54:15AM 0 points [-]

My initial thought was 'Eliezer Yudkowsky' until I realized that that would be EY and not EU... The way I assume your name is pronounced made that mistake possible.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 01 February 2010 11:13:56PM 5 points [-]
Comment author: SilasBarta 02 February 2010 03:38:23AM *  7 points [-]

Yet whenever I see that, I think "European Union". And when I first saw Star Wars fans talk about the OT, my first though was, "Old Testament". Actually, that's not far off, in a sense! (It's actually "Original Trilogy".)

ETA: A "Jew" of Star Wars would, I guess, be someone who accepts the OT, but rejects everything thereafter. There seem to be many...

Comment author: LucasSloan 02 February 2010 12:50:28AM 0 points [-]

Expanded Universe. All of the books, comics, etc outside of the movies.