David_Gerard comments on Build Small Skills in the Right Order - Less Wrong

90 Post author: lukeprog 17 April 2011 11:01PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 18 April 2011 03:11:17PM *  11 points [-]

Sewer-diving could be fun, and instructive! But a note or few about adequate preparation first strikes me as a really good idea. Particularly when the story turns out to be "and then I swallowed this sample of engineered resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis, and I felt great." Hubris is one of the dangers of a little knowledge.

Comment author: Clippy 20 April 2011 07:09:55PM *  2 points [-]

Sewer-diving is, in fact, fun and safe for humans, and your warnings about the dangers are alarmist and excessive.

Scientology classes are also safe.

Comment author: David_Gerard 20 April 2011 07:15:12PM 0 points [-]

Sewer diving is in fact a favourite of urban explorers. And I must admit that trolling Scientology in my dissolute youth was lots of fun :-D