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19 Post author: FormallyknownasRoko 12 December 2010 03:02PM

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 12 December 2010 03:47:44PM 6 points [-]

Throwawayaccount_1 should also unmask his/her identity.

Wait, you're giving away an opportunity for a fun calibration game. I believe with 40% prob. the author is Yvain. I would also say 10% Alicorn, 5% Eliezer (it doesn't match his style, there aren't enough italics), and 45% someone else.

Comment author: Spurlock 12 December 2010 05:44:50PM 4 points [-]

I wish I had read the article before reading this comment. It was a fantastic piece, but I read it with Yvain's halo effect the entire time, and missed the chance to calibrate the way the author intended when he/she decided to use a throwaway.

Oh well. A great read is a great read.

Comment author: Desrtopa 12 December 2010 07:35:18PM *  1 point [-]

I would estimate a probability <3% that the author is Alicorn; we talk on AIM often enough that I think I would have noticed the familiarity of her style if she had written it.

Having read the article before reading this comment, I developed the distinct impression that I was reading another of Yvain's posts partway through. I would estimate 45% confidence that the author is Yvain, and 50% confidence that the author is someone else whose writing style I am not familiar with, so not Alicorn or Eliezer.