Letharis comments on Bloggingheads: Robert Wright and Eliezer Yudkowsky - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Letharis 09 August 2010 01:20:04AM 1 point [-]

I agree that Eliezer maintained his calm better, but I don't believe that Wright is the simpleton you seem to be painting him to be. I've watched a lot of his videos, and I would say there are very rarely moments of "red-faced rage," and certainly none in this video. He was at times frustrated, but he really is working to understand what Eliezer is saying.

Comment author: knb 09 August 2010 02:57:25AM 2 points [-]

Nothing I said implied Wright is a "simpleton", and I certainly don't think he is. I was merely pointing out an amusing aspect of their conversation.

And, yes he did have a moment of "red-faced rage" when he yelled at Eliezer (I believe it was toward the middle of the video). I certainly understand his frustration since the conversation didn't really get anywhere and they seemed stuck on semantic issues that are hard to address in a 60 minute video.