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Konkvistador comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 2 - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: OpenThreadGuy 20 April 2012 07:38PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 April 2012 07:40:21PM 5 points [-]

Why are you called OpenThreadGuy instead of OpenThreadPerson?

Comment author: OpenThreadGuy 20 April 2012 08:52:41PM 23 points [-]

I'm a guy.

Comment author: David_Gerard 20 April 2012 10:20:25PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for a most useful thread, by the way.

Comment author: gRR 20 April 2012 08:12:01PM 0 points [-]

Let it be OpenThreadGuy and OpenThreadLady, by turns.

Comment author: David_Gerard 20 April 2012 09:49:58PM 15 points [-]

OpenThreadAgent, you speciesist.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 23 April 2012 08:14:02AM 2 points [-]

Way to be open-minded, you personist.

Comment author: David_Gerard 23 April 2012 04:13:31PM *  0 points [-]

Hey! My cat counts as an agent, though I'm not sure if he counts as a person. So some of my favourite domesticated dependents are agents that aren't people!

Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 23 April 2012 06:37:40PM 1 point [-]

Be thankful that nearest ant colony to you has more useful tasks than asking you how should they be divided w.r.t. agency.

Comment author: David_Gerard 23 April 2012 06:43:48PM 0 points [-]

They're unlikely to post here unless they've read GEB.

Comment author: Thomas 20 April 2012 10:36:24PM *  2 points [-]

Well ... a script could open threads like "open thread for a (half of) a month" and "the monthly rationality quotes" and some others automatically, driven only by the calendar.