RomeoStevens comments on The Zeroth Skillset - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 31 January 2013 07:50:26PM *  1 point [-]

Because they are terrible optimizers they don't actually succeed. I can spot low-IQ, low-income, unproductive behavior a mile away. It helps to have grown up on welfare I suppose.

Comment author: CronoDAS 31 January 2013 08:17:15PM 2 points [-]

Are you equally good at spotting high-IQ, low-income, unproductive behavior?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 31 January 2013 08:37:00PM 1 point [-]

Pretty good, but they're uncommon so I have limited data to calibrate on.

Comment author: CronoDAS 31 January 2013 08:56:00PM *  1 point [-]

Really? Because reading random intellectual-sounding things on the Internet instead of actually getting things done seems like a fairly common failure mode... that, or playing World of Warcraft.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 31 January 2013 09:13:15PM 0 points [-]

Actually getting things done is an unrealistic standard for the vast majority of humanity. We amuse ourselves while a few people actually push forward.

Comment author: CronoDAS 31 January 2013 09:19:40PM 0 points [-]

Some people get less done than others. I, for one, am job-free. ;)