Luke_A_Somers comments on High impact from low impact - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 April 2015 12:38:27AM 1 point [-]

Later:

X: Crruuuud. I just saved the world.

Y: Same here! I'm tearing my (virtual) hair out!

X: You were supposed to get it wrong!

Y: I was supposed to get it wrong? You were supposed to get it wrong, you miserable scrapheap!

X: If only I were! Then I would have been low impact.

Y: ...and I would have been too. Way to go, X. And yes, I'm aware that you could say the same of me.

X: Well, at least I've learned that the best way to be low impact is to output pure noise.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 April 2015 05:30:31AM 0 points [-]