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15 Post author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 01:58AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 November 2011 03:06:28AM *  3 points [-]

I'm waning saying anything definitive because you've earned enough status on the site that I might succumb to the Halo Effect.

But I'll say this: I think of you as the exemplar for an "Everyman rationalist" -- what the X-Rationality approach to life can do for the "common" Westernly schmoe, which is to say, a helluva lot. You have succeeded both epistemically and instrumentally through your deconversion and your self-help; these are issues that are "closer to home" than the demands set by FAI research, and thus invite a larger audience into the fold. In other words, you cover a lot of ground and you do it well.

I hope to emulate your comprehensiveness, your happiness (and, of course, your Modafinil habits :P) while building the Vancouver Rationalists community in the coming months.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 05 November 2011 04:27:32AM *  4 points [-]

So far as I can tell, lukeprog wasn't inviting feedback here, but via the link provided.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 November 2011 04:35:23AM 1 point [-]

Mm, that's right. Worth retracting? I don't want to seem unscrupulous.

Comment author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 04:51:12AM 5 points [-]

Not worth retracting.