TheOtherDave comments on Just another day in utopia - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 December 2011 09:37AM

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Comment author: shminux 25 December 2011 12:04:05AM * 4 points [-]

Interesting, a world where gods are real. Pretty neat. Upvoted for constructing a toy model of a CEV-based world.

(Spelling note: it's "artifact", not "artefact")

Comment author: RobertLumley 25 December 2011 01:02:10AM 8 points [-]

I believe "artefact" is a British spelling, like colour.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 December 2011 08:23:02AM 3 points [-]

Everything sounds better in a British accent, of course ;-)

Comment author: Alejandro1 25 December 2011 02:45:31PM 17 points [-]

...and hence only British accent and spelling will be utilised in Utopia?

Comment author: thelittledoctor 25 December 2011 06:56:27PM 7 points [-]

Extra points for the s in "utilised".

Comment author: dlthomas 25 December 2011 07:19:36PM 4 points [-]

Possibly some points lost for not just saying "used," though.

Comment author: bentarm 26 December 2011 02:17:42PM 2 points [-]

But isn't "used" spelled the same way on both sides of the Atlantic, thus ruining the joke?

Comment author: dlthomas 26 December 2011 06:15:57PM 2 points [-]

Yes, of course, I was just making an orthogonal joke.

Comment author: Alejandro1 26 December 2011 06:38:29PM 5 points [-]

Maybe the mirror-image joke would be "only American accent and spelling will be uzed in Utopia".