FiftyTwo comments on Rationality Quotes May 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 02 May 2012 12:03:33AM 7 points [-]

Not sure if finding something funny in the context of a joke necessarily leads to one not taking it seriously in other contexts. [E.g. when xkcd and smbc make science jokes I don't think my belief in the science they are referencing diminishes.]

Comment author: dspeyer 13 May 2012 06:09:43PM *  5 points [-]

When xkcd and smbc make science jokes, they're real jokes written by clever humans.

Flippancy is more like Dell's recent "shut up bitch" scandal and the it's a joke, laugh reactions to it. Mads Christensen presented no substantive evidence that women are unable to contribute to IT, he just tried to train the crowd to regard the very idea of a capable woman as if it were funny.