gwern comments on Privileging the Question - Less Wrong

102 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 29 April 2013 06:30PM

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Comment author: gwern 28 April 2013 03:02:12PM 33 points [-]

Unfortunately, there seems to be no such thing as Postmodernism: The Good Bits.

(If you order a big sundae and discover that the top scoop is dog shit, it makes more sense to go buy your own ice cream and make your own sundae - even knowing you're reinventing many pieces of the original sundae - than settling for the original sundae and trying to carefully spoon around the shit.)

Comment author: David_Gerard 28 April 2013 07:59:56PM 11 points [-]

Speaking as a fan of the stuff, I fully appreciate and frequently concur with your reasons for not wanting to touch it.

Comment author: scav 30 April 2013 04:34:25PM 2 points [-]

Postmodernism or dogshit? ;)