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Matt_Simpson comments on Open Thread, October 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 01 October 2012 03:33:44PM *  1 point [-]

I think he's more of a legendary monster than a species of any ordinary troll, though he probably fits best as one of the scientists.

Comment author: CronoDAS 03 October 2012 01:58:53AM *  1 point [-]

Actually, these seem to be only macroeconomics blog trolls. Robin Hanson doesn't talk about present-day macroeconomic issues very much, so he's probably not any of them.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 03 October 2012 02:05:44AM 0 points [-]

I vaguely remember him criticizing macro for failing to actually grapple with the evidence, but I could easily be wrong.