mindspillage comments on Shit Rationalists Say? - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eneasz 25 January 2012 09:51PM

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Comment author: mindspillage 26 January 2012 02:12:20AM *  23 points [-]

One huge category of utterances remains unrepresented:

"Ooh, is there a new Methods of Rationality chapter up yet?"

"I can't believe there's no new chapter yet."

"Have you read Methods of Rationality? You have to read it, OMG."

Comment author: Locke 26 January 2012 03:01:47AM 4 points [-]

Now that Eliezer is writing at a decent pace again I'm just desperate for progress updates.

Comment author: Xachariah 26 January 2012 09:53:30AM 15 points [-]

Your response just prompted me to check. I wonder if this is how the pigeons in Skinner's Box felt.

Comment author: Locke 26 January 2012 06:28:58PM 2 points [-]

The worst part is that unlike with actual updates we might get them at any time. So I check multiple times per day just to see if he's going to tell us how many words he wrote last night.

Comment author: shminux 26 January 2012 07:13:26AM 7 points [-]

No one said that in a long time.