KPier comments on Help Fund Lukeprog at SIAI - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 August 2011 07:16AM

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Comment author: KPier 26 August 2011 01:21:50AM 19 points [-]

The comment you linked to doesn't seem like a clarifying question at all. I think that conversation might be another instance where your belligerent tone hurt communication even though your point was a valid one. Luke's answer didn't seem particularly defensive, either (although I have seen other conversations where his tone was defensive, so I won't challenge that point.)

I actually agree with you on this point (and upvoted all your questions about it), but the longer you argue the less sympathetic I'm getting. You asked when results would be published, and the answer was that it requires a lot of processing time. You asked if volunteers can help, and Luke answered that while volunteers can't help on that specifically, they can contribute to other things which will speed up the process. To which you answered:

I actually have no interest in supporting your research....I think your contributions are overrated.

Which just doesn't show a whole lot of interest in actually resolving the problem you're concerned about.