JulianMorrison comments on Akrasia, hyperbolic discounting, and picoeconomics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 30 March 2009 08:49:56PM 5 points [-]

You're arrogant. Also obnoxious. And completely failing at Zen. If this were a koan the teacher would be chasing you out of the temple with a stick, thwacking you as you run. What on earth do you expect to gain by insulting people's intelligence and berating them for not getting koans (and ignoring the evidence that they got, shrugged, and said "so?"). When has sneering ever been a technique of instruction? You should demote yourself to bottom-most neophyte and restart from sitting.

Convey the truths of enlightenment? *thwack*

Comment author: timtyler 30 March 2009 09:17:03PM 2 points [-]

Considering how irritating "Annoyance" is, their nickname is apt-ironic :-(

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 March 2009 10:28:49PM 6 points [-]

If this is not Caledonian, then there are two Caledonians.

Comment author: thomblake 02 April 2009 09:37:10PM 2 points [-]

Did you honestly think that wasn't intentional?

I like to think Socrates' "gadfly" worked into the nickname.

Comment author: ciphergoth 30 March 2009 09:34:14PM 1 point [-]

They do it to give themselves permission.