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Comment author: gwern 11 September 2012 08:29:47PM 61 points [-]

what is true is already so. Robin Hanson doesn't make it worse

OK, I'm impressed.

Comment author: negamuhia 12 September 2012 09:01:36AM 4 points [-]

In the new version of Newcomb's problem, you have to choose between a box containing Robin Hanson and a box containing an upload of a cult

Comment author: mej10 12 September 2012 03:08:09PM 4 points [-]

what is true is already so. Eliezer Yudkowsky doesn't make it worse

That isn't going to help me sleep at night.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 September 2012 04:50:05PM 6 points [-]

I saw this comment in Top Comments before reading the top-level post, and I thought the quote was by a human (as a reply to someone who was offended by the homo hypocritus explanation of something).

Comment author: gwern 12 September 2012 05:03:20PM *  4 points [-]

I am shocked that (according to Wei Dai's page), this is now my most popular comment ever (with the runnerup at 39 points). It's not that funny an insult of Robin, guys.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 12 September 2012 08:47:14PM 14 points [-]

The upvotes are flowing freely in this thread, because we're all brimming with positive affect! Yay!

Comment author: thomblake 12 September 2012 08:58:08PM 4 points [-]

It's not that funny an insult of Robin, guys.

Is it even an insult of Robin?

Comment author: gwern 12 September 2012 09:20:23PM 1 point [-]

I took it that way, although since it was machine-generated there's no 'intent' involved by the original speaker... Robin reminds me strongly of Hellman's quote about cynicism - being an unpleasant way of telling the truth.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 September 2012 10:13:14PM 7 points [-]

I don't find it to be an insult of Robin at all. (And don't get me started about the scary things that page shows.)

Comment author: TGM 13 September 2012 10:35:09PM 1 point [-]

At the time of writing, it had more upvotes than the OP... surely that's not right?

Comment author: gwern 13 September 2012 11:10:22PM 1 point [-]

Well, you know the old joke about the repairman: the $1 for the labor, $99 for know what to labor on!

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