Relsqui comments on Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Relsqui 20 September 2010 06:25:27AM 4 points [-]

suggests that your real interest is social in nature

Well, to say it's my "real" interest suggests that my interest in rationality is fake, which is false, but I am indeed a very social critter and a lot of the appeal of LW is being able to discuss, not just absorb. (I even get shiny karma points for doing it well!)

So, yes--and I was actually realizing that myself over the course of writing that comment (which necessarily involved thinking about why I'm here).

It seems like an important point

Despite the above, I'm not actually sure why it is.

and another argument in favor of additional (sub)forums

Well, I voted for 'em, so it's good to hear that's consistent. :)

here is Milton Babbitt

That quote is pretty funny. We clearly differ in at least these two ways: 1) I either don't know or don't care enough about music to be bothered by period distractions from it (I'm not sure how to tell the difference from inside my own head), and 2) I like the noisy hall.

He's right about the novel, though, that would be appalling. (Difference being that verbal language breaks down a lot faster if you miss a piece.)