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Comment author: joaolkf 01 April 2015 08:44:48PM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: metatroll 01 April 2015 09:22:11PM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: somervta 02 April 2015 01:57:44PM 5 points [-]

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.

Comment author: ChristianKl 06 April 2015 09:03:49PM 1 point [-]

This essay says many things with which rationalists would agree, if they had been said differently.

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.

Comment author: faul_sname 02 April 2015 06:46:11AM 0 points [-]

I think that the relevant joke was that this was a rambling, 2000 word restatement of "politics is the mind killer".