Luke_A_Somers comments on Less Wrong Polls in Comments - Less Wrong

79 Post author: jimrandomh 19 September 2012 04:19PM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 September 2012 04:30:46PM *  1 point [-]

Yes, but whichever decision theory you're using, you need to be ready for the few people voted for 100. Someone's going to do something to ruin it for everyone. And it wasn't just a few who ruined it - vs rirelbar jub'q ibgrq yrff guna sbegl bar ibgrq mreb, gur nirentr jbhyq or nyzbfg rknpgyl rvtug.

Comment author: William_Quixote 20 September 2012 11:59:01PM 1 point [-]

Forgive me for being new to the site, but I've see this kind of writing

rirelbar jub'q ibgrq yrff guna sbegl bar ibgrq mreb, gur nirentr jbhyq or nyzbfg rknpgyl rvtug.

in several places. How is it translated back to readable English?

Comment author: Nornagest 21 September 2012 12:04:20AM *  4 points [-]

It's rot13, a shift cipher typically used around here to obscure spoilers and spoiler-like information. Cut and paste it into rot13.com, install the d3coder extension for Chrome or something similar for another browser, or (if you like tedium) decipher it yourself.

Comment author: William_Quixote 21 September 2012 12:11:52AM 0 points [-]

thanks!

Comment author: wedrifid 20 September 2012 06:01:23PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but whichever decision theory you're using, you need to be ready for the 6 people voted for 100.

That would be why this subthread was based on a lament.