Nick_Tarleton comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong

63 Post author: lukeprog 18 January 2012 10:30PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 19 January 2012 03:47:35PM *  10 points [-]

Crackpot Index:

10 points for pointing out that you have gone to school, as if this were evidence of sanity.

I'm not sure, but I think this is roughly how "look, I did great on the GRE!" would sound to someone already skeptical. It's the sort of accomplishment that sounds childish to point out outside of a very limited context.