lalaithion comments on Rationality Quotes January 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 01 January 2015 03:18:26AM *  1 point [-]

How many more times must this happen? How many more brilliant people must we lose because they missed a social meeting? Are we done yet?

Rachel Haywire, Twitter concerning shirtgate.

Comment author: lalaithion 01 January 2015 09:18:03PM 1 point [-]

I honestly don't understand whether this is criticising Matt Taylor or criticising Taylor's critics.

Comment author: hairyfigment 01 January 2015 09:36:33PM 4 points [-]

Seems utterly foolish either way. Matt Taylor made a mistake, he apologized, I forgot his name and am only going by the evidence of your comment. We didn't "lose" anyone.

Comment author: alienist 04 January 2015 12:44:06AM 9 points [-]

Matt Taylor made a mistake, he apologized

I would argue that was his actual mistake, i.e., apologizing when he did nothing wrong.

Comment author: lalaithion 03 January 2015 10:26:37AM 2 points [-]

I agree. I only know the name 'cause I clicked through the links. Like, okay, maybe the ESA should hire someone who will say "don't wear that shirt over in front of the cameras to give the interview." But it really isn't a big deal