Will_Newsome comments on [LINK] Another "LessWrongers are crazy" article - this time on Slate - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 18 July 2014 05:13:19AM *  31 points [-]

Is there anything we should do?

Laugh, as the entire concept (and especially the entire reaction to it by Eliezer and people who take the 'memetic hazard' thing seriously) is and always has been laughable. It's certainly given my ab muscles a workout every now and then over the last three years... maybe with more people getting to see it and getting that exercise it'll be a net good! God, the effort I had to go through to dig through comment threads and find that google cache...

This is also such a delicious example of the Streisand effect...

Comment author: Will_Newsome 18 July 2014 10:41:15AM 19 points [-]

This is also such a delicious example of the Streisand effect...

<puts on Quirrell hat> Yes, Eliezer's Streisanding is almost suspiciously delicious. One begins to wonder if he is in thrall to... well, perhaps it is best not to speculate here, lest we feed the Adversary.

Comment author: Kawoomba 18 July 2014 10:46:51AM 8 points [-]

Hanlon's Beard.

Comment author: Dahlen 06 August 2014 05:35:43AM 2 points [-]

<puts on Quirrell turban>

There.