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One thing I am slightly concerned about is having this be someone's first introduction to Less Wrong. I did spend a while trying to write this in such a way that it wouldn't be too ridiculous sounding to a newcomer. I actually set a pretty high bar for myself - I wanted my mother to be able to read this.
But I don't think I succeeded at that quite yet. At first I tried to explain why the things we believe aren't so ridiculous, and then I realized there's a good reason Eliezer took 2 years and a quarter-million pages to do so. So I went ahead and left that section more directly targeted to the Less Wrong audience.
Which is to say, I think this is a good thing to link to, but it also might be a good idea to include some kind of disclaimer about it being for people already familiar with Less Wrong. I don't really know. Depends on who's on your social network.
Yeah, I had similar thoughts actually. But I did end up thinking that this was good enough to link in a somewhat off-handed manner.
Though of course, mostly I just wanted to get myself on the public record, calling this a great success in the making at such a somewhat early stage, so that I look good when future generations look back a few thousand years from now :D
Long ago, far away, ever so long ago... Aleksei_Riikonen said that this was a pretty awesome idea.
Damn, my plan is backfiring. I will be remembered as an arrogant schmuck who was slightly funny in an unintended way.
Serves me right.
I actually assumed I was riffing off the joke exactly the way you intended. Didn't mean to poke fun.
Yeah, I just thought I'd improve on your riff a bit, and add the part that pokes fun at me :)