Clarity comments on Open Thread, January 4-10, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 09 January 2016 08:02:54AM *  -1 points [-]

edited: this post used to be dumber

gamification for flow experiences.

  • appropriate challenge
  • curiosity
  • controllablel
  • creativity
  • feedback
  • self esteem
Comment author: OrphanWilde 11 January 2016 09:23:39PM 3 points [-]

I'm a Less Wrong boss?

And apparently an above-average boss in terms of friendliness, but below-average in terms of intelligence. I'm not sure how I should feel about that. I think I'll go with "Amused".

Comment author: Clarity 12 January 2016 12:21:55AM -1 points [-]

On averageness: I don't understand how I was thinking when I made that. I don't hold believe in the aforementioned categorisation any more. It just seems really weird.

On boss: What a weird term to use. I suppose I was trying to get at that below average in this context is already of the population I consider above average on LW.

Comment author: Viliam 11 January 2016 11:53:26AM *  0 points [-]

It's like a new chapter for "How to make Friends" -- rate them by how intelligent and friendly them seem to you, and publish the results online. :D :D :D

If you insist (which IMHO is not a good idea), perhaps you could at least somewhat taboo the words "intelligence" and "friendliness". Because the words themselves are just labels that different people use differently; and since your definition can differ from mine, your chart is useless to me. Something like "I am impressed by how gwern succeeds to apply statistical software to anything" would convey information I could agree with.