Darklight comments on Symbolic Gestures – Salutes For Effective Altruists To Identify Each Other - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Darklight 21 January 2016 09:02:25PM 0 points [-]

Another "passive" sign that might work could be the humble white chess knight piece. In this case, it symbolizes the concept of a white knight coming to help and save others, but also because it is chess, it implies a depth of strategic, rational thinking. So for instance, an Effective Altruist might leave a white chess knight piece on their desk, and anyone familiar with what it represents could strike up a conversation about it.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 21 January 2016 09:13:31PM 1 point [-]

Illuminati conspiranoids are so going to freak over this.