orthonormal comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orthonormal 22 April 2012 06:48:41PM 5 points [-]

Try writing an article that says exactly the opposite of something that somebody with very high (>10,000) karma says, even linking to their statement to make the contrast clear. Bonus points if you end up getting into a civil conversation directly with that person in the comments of your article.

I nominate this as the Less Wrong Summer Challenge, for everybody.

(One modification I'd make: it shouldn't necessarily be the exact opposite: precisely reversed intelligence usually is stupidity. But your thesis should be mutually incompatible with any charitable interpretation of the original claim.)