gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 14, chapter 82 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 06 September 2014 07:46:02PM *  4 points [-]

So 2+ years on, has your opinion changed any? I think the probability has dropped a fair bit*, but I'm trying to simplify my finances, so I'm going to make you an offer: I'll sell you my side of the bet for 20% off, or $4. (Offer good for the next month or so.)

* to expand: I think the decrease in post tempo has destroyed much of the virality & reduced fan ardour, and more specifically, I haven't seen any prominent endorsements of MoR by elites like David Brin over the past year or so, which are necessary to legitimize MoR and make it a contender. You can't win a Hugo just by appealing to some people online, you also have to win over the niche of voters at the convention.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 September 2014 04:43:54PM 2 points [-]

Nope.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 September 2014 05:30:29PM *  1 point [-]

That's what you'd call a liquidity preference. *rimshot*

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2014 08:50:16PM 2 points [-]

I admit, it never occurred to me that part of liquidity preference is simply that liquid assets are easier to manage from an overhead/data point of view.