Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims? - Less Wrong

23 Post author: XiXiDu 12 August 2010 02:33PM

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Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 14 August 2010 04:06:27AM *  1 point [-]

As someone who thought the OP was of poor quality, and who has had a very high opinion of SIAI and EY for a long time (and still has), I'll say that that "Eliezer Yudkowsky facts" was indeed a lot worse. It was the most embarrassing thing I've ever read on this site. Most of those jokes aren't even good.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 August 2010 07:28:28AM 7 points [-]

I was embarrassed by most of the facts. The one about my holding up a blank sheet of paper and saying "a blank map does not correspond to a blank territory" and thus creating the universe is one I still tell at parties.

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Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 14 August 2010 02:48:36PM 1 point [-]

What, why are you talking about a hostile attack?

Of course I didn't feel that it would be that. It's quite the opposite, it felt to me like communicating an unhealthy air of hero worship.

Comment author: XiXiDu 14 August 2010 03:38:48PM 3 points [-]

Then I have been the one to completely misinterpret what you said. Apologize, I'm not good at this.

I've said it before the OP but failed miserably:

I should quit now and for some time stop participating on LW. I have to continue with my studies. I was only drawn here by the deletion incident. Replies and that it is fun to to argue have made me babble too much in the past few days.

Back to being lurker. Thanks.