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Viliam_Bur comments on Article about LW: Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York’s Futurist Set - Less Wrong Discussion

31 Post author: malo 25 July 2012 07:28PM

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Comment author: scientism 26 July 2012 06:51:06PM 11 points [-]

Here's some dating advice: Don't use the sentence "you shouldn't worry about disqualifying yourself or thinking that I'm not accessible to you" anytime anywhere, let alone on your dating profile. Some career advice: If your day job supposedly involves ethics, you should probably tone down the publicly-available dating profile where you advertise yourself as a polyamorous sadist who welcomes the casual advances of women who "want to sleep with me once so you can tell your grandchildren" (provided they don't "disqualify" themselves by thinking you're not "accessible", I suppose).

I'm hoping the whole thing is tongue-in-cheek...? (If so, it's merely the product of poor judgment, rather than terrifying.)

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 27 July 2012 07:17:23AM 15 points [-]

Career advice, simplified: If your day job requires having a good image, you should care about having a good image.

(Note: It's not about ethics, only about perceptions. But the perceptions are important.)

Comment author: [deleted] 27 July 2012 05:46:44PM 3 points [-]

Feynman used to hang in topless bars, didn't he?

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 04 August 2012 03:26:38PM 5 points [-]

Did he also believe that he increases the existential risk by doing so?

Comment author: [deleted] 04 August 2012 05:17:29PM 2 points [-]

Good point.