JoshuaZ comments on I Was Not Almost Wrong But I Was Almost Right: Close-Call Counterfactuals and Bias - Less Wrong

54 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 08 March 2012 05:39AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 09 March 2012 02:15:26PM 3 points [-]

Strongly agreed. That aspect also seemed bad because the assistant being labeled like a robot while funny sounded almost like some form of symbolic objectification. And the fact that her main talent she's valued for is the ability to make sandwiches rather than say help tweak the ray guns or Tesla coils strongly didn't help matters.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 12 March 2012 08:19:21AM 4 points [-]

But note that her being valued mostly for the sandwiches says more about Dr. Zany's attitude than about how things really are, and she's strongly implied to be the more competent of the two...