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JoshuaZ comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 16, chapter 85 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 April 2012 03:40:47AM *  1 point [-]

Relevant link which FYI was the first thing I got when googling for "Dust Specks vs Torture".

Edit: Actually the second link listed is more direct.

Comment author: Alsadius 18 April 2012 12:22:10PM -2 points [-]

Ah, a chance to use a simple heuristic - if I see 3^^^3 in a philosophical question, terminate thought and respond with profanity. It's the simplest accurate algorithm for responding to such questions, I've found.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 April 2012 06:02:29AM 5 points [-]

Hi, I'm Omega. You have a choice between one person being tortured or 3^^^3 people getting dustspecks in their eyes. Also, if you respond with profanity, an additional 5^^^^^^5 +1 people will be tortured, and two puppies and a kitten will be drowned, and Busy Beaver(3^^^3) fruit flies will have their wings torn off.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 April 2012 12:46:14PM *  4 points [-]

Ah, a chance to use a simple heuristic - if I see 3^^^3 in a philosophical question, terminate thought and respond with profanity. It's the simplest accurate algorithm for responding to such questions, I've found.

Please don't do that (in a way that is in any way visible on this forum). If you can't keep your inability handle extreme cases to yourself then please leave.

Comment author: Alsadius 18 April 2012 09:02:04PM *  3 points [-]

I think half my problems on this forum stem from an inability to keep a bad joke to myself.

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