Jack comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 20 February 2010 04:41:55PM *  13 points [-]

Dawkins is a very high-quality thinker, as his scientific writings reveal. The fact that he has also published "elementary" rationalist material in no way takes away from this.

He's way, way far above the level represented by the participants in his namesake forum.

(I'd give even odds that EY could persuade him to sign up for cryonics in an hour or less.)

Comment author: Jack 20 February 2010 09:13:47PM 13 points [-]

(I'd give even odds that EY could persuade him to sign up for cryonics in an hour or less.)

Bloggingheads are exactly 60 minutes.

Comment author: Document 28 October 2010 07:16:14PM 2 points [-]

To be fair, I'd expect it to be a lot harder with an audience.

Comment author: komponisto 20 February 2010 09:32:15PM 1 point [-]

Exactly what I was thinking.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 February 2010 01:12:12PM 4 points [-]

I was thinking: "Bloggingheads implies the participants believe they are within a few degrees of status of each other". It'd definitely be one worth a viewing or two!