notsonewuser comments on Stupid Questions July 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: notsonewuser 06 July 2015 02:18:34AM *  1 point [-]

What is the joke behind the title "Highly Advanced Epistemology 101 for Beginners"? I understand that it's redundant, but is that the only reason why it's supposed to be funny, or is there some further underlying joke?

Edit: Or, to be clearer, why was the title not just " Highly Advanced Epistemology 101"? I understand that there may be a separate joke given the juxtaposition of "Highly Advanced" and "101".

Comment author: ahbwramc 06 July 2015 02:22:58AM 3 points [-]

Well, it's both redundant and anti-redundant, which I always liked. But I don't think there's anything more to it than that.