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This is a blatant attempt to advertise the amazon book link at the bottom of the post. The post itself could have been generated by Markov chain, and is devoid of interesting content and ideas. Downvoting.
I am so glad that finally some intellectual forum has passed the Sokal test. Computer Science, Sociology, and Philosophy have all failed, and they haven't tried with the rest yet.
LessWrong, you are our only hope.
You must be joking. The relevant test is "reading comprehension", and Less Wrong comprehensively failed. This essay says many things with which rationalists would agree, if they had been said differently. But some collective cognitive occlusion has apparently
notices the date
Oh. So you are joking. I guess you got me. looks away Well played, well played.
metatroll is the author of Confessions of a Failed Troll.
The relevant test is 'Do I want to see more things like this on LW', and the answer is no, because I value clarity more than seeing things I would agree with did I understand them.
The assumptions behind that sentence are funny. We should welcome someone on the basis that he says things we can agree with as opposed to the person reasoning clearly.
I think that the relevant joke was that this was a rambling, 2000 word restatement of "politics is the mind killer".
Look at the date.
Regardless of date, I don't want to see material like it on LW, as it lowers the general level of discourse.
Oooh I see. Now the post is interesting and worthwhile.
I don't know whether tim is being sarcastic or sincere, but I don't see how the post is funny when treated as an April Fool, nor how it's worthwhile when taken seriously. I wouldn't go so far as to agree that it could have been generated by Markov chain, and some of the things it says are true and worth saying if one can get past the intensely annoying presentation, but I don't see anything here that's new or super-interesting or well expressed, nor do I see any joke beyond "hey, I did an annoying thing and it's April 1".
I may well be missing something. Trevor, if you're reading this and not too offended at the negative reaction you got, it would be interesting to know what effect you were aiming at.