ciphergoth comments on What I've learned from Less Wrong - Less Wrong

79 Post author: Louie 20 November 2010 12:47PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 26 November 2010 08:26:32PM 4 points [-]

Dude. AN ASSERTION IS PROVEN BY SOUNDING GOOD. It's a form of the Steve Jobs reality distortion superpower: come up with a viewpoint so compelling it will reshape people's perception of the past as well as the present.

(I must note that I'm not actually advocating this.)

Argument by assertion amusement from my daughter: "I'm running around the kitchen, but I'm not being annoying by running around the kitchen." An argument by assertion of rich depth, particularly from a three-year-old.

Comment author: ciphergoth 27 November 2010 02:18:02PM 1 point [-]

Did you ever get around to reading either of the papers I linked you to there btw?

Comment author: David_Gerard 27 November 2010 05:00:04PM *  0 points [-]

Nuh. Still in the Pile(tm) with yer talk, which I have watched the first 5 min of ... I hate video so much.

Did you dislike your talk's content or your presentation? So far it looks like something that should be turned into a series of blog posts, complete with diagrams.

Comment author: ciphergoth 27 November 2010 05:08:17PM 0 points [-]

Neither really, it's the video itself I dislike. I've put the slides on Scribd, and I'm thinking of re-recording the soundtrack. Only trouble is, I'd have to watch the video first to remember what I said... and I hate video so much.