wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: matabele 29 July 2012 01:57:58PM *  0 points [-]

... any rational defences are welcomed and may be appended below.

What part of that in unclear?

Comment author: wedrifid 29 July 2012 03:15:01PM 0 points [-]

I am finding it difficult to communicate with matabele. Expected payoff is low in this tangent. I will stop attempting.

Comment author: matabele 29 July 2012 03:41:33PM *  -2 points [-]

... Expected payoff is low in this tangent ...

Expected payoff for whom?

I am new to this forum; as far as I remember I came here via the QM sequence. I was immediately impressed by the material, and became interested in other sequences (I have a long term interest in rationality, and especially general semantics.)

In order to acquaint myself with the general gist of the forums, I made a couple of innocuous posts on this thread; to which I received this response:

... I mean it is bullshit.

I have a natural aversion to narcissistic types, and my hackles were immediately alerted. After one or two more pokes, I was on full alert.

Do you consider yourself to be a moderator of this forum? If so, why are you both moderating and rating comments? If not, why do you think your opinions are privileged?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 30 July 2012 07:52:20PM 4 points [-]

Expected payoff for whom?

In terms of expected utility.

I am new to this forum; as far as I remember I came here via the QM sequence. I was immediately impressed by the material, and became interested in other sequences (I have a long term interest in rationality, and especially general semantics.)

The QM sequence is most definitely not representative of either the sequences or the other material here.

Do you consider yourself to be a moderator of this forum? If so, why are you both moderating and rating comments? If not, why do you think your opinions are privileged?

I don't know what kind of forums you're used to, but on LW non-moderators are allowed to criticize other comments and everyone is allowed to vote on them.

Also one piece of advise, you may want to avoid comments like this one that are so full of jargon that nobody can tell what you're saying, but seem vaguely insulting.