beoShaffer comments on Science, Engineering, and Uncoolness; Here and Now, Then and There - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Ritalin 08 December 2012 07:52PM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 09 December 2012 07:52:48PM 4 points [-]

So, more or less why Paul Graham says nerds are unpopular.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 09 December 2012 10:38:42PM 1 point [-]

It's similar, although I'm also making a point about epistemic truth versus instrumental truth (and in this case, socially instrumental truths.)