gwern comments on Free copy of Feynman's autobiography for best corny rationalist joke - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 06 April 2010 03:04:38PM 2 points [-]

I don't follow.

Comment author: YYUUUU 07 April 2010 02:27:12AM 3 points [-]

Let me try a rewrite...

Rationalist overheard in hell:

"... I wouldn't even be down here if they hadn't found my frozen brain - talk about a Smoking Gun..."

Comment author: Tom_Talbot 07 April 2010 07:08:33PM 33 points [-]

Awww... Don't downvote YYUUUU, It's rationalist anti-humour! What a great idea!

How do you prevent a rapidly self-replicating em from driving wages down to subsistence level?

HIT IT WITH AN AXE

A p-zombie walks into a bar but is fundamentally incapable of perceiving its situation and so to derive humour would be exploitative.

A guy walks into an AI conference and says he thinks he can create Friendly AI using complex emergent chaotic simulated paradigms.

So I stabbed him.