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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2008 09:40:15PM 9 points [-]

Jef Allbright: Eliezer, A few years ago I sat across from you at dinner and mentioned how much you reminded me of my younger self. I expected, incorrectly, that you would receive this with the appreciation of a person being understood, but saw instead on your face an only partially muted expression of snide mirth.

I can't imagine why I might have been amused at your belief that you are what a grown-up Eliezer Yudkowsky looks like.

I don't know if I've mentioned this publicly before, but as you've posted in this vein several times now, I'll go ahead and say it:

functional self-similarity of agency extended from the 'individual' to groups

I believe that the difficult-to-understand, high-sounding ultra-abstract concepts you use with high frequency and in great volume, are fake. I don't think you're a poor explainer; I think you have nothing to say.

If I don't give you as much respect as you think you deserve, no more explanation is needed than that, a conclusion I came to years ago.