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Comment author: Tenoke 18 July 2014 07:01:30AM 2 points [-]

Out of curiosity, what is the fraction of LW posters that believes this is a genuine risk?

From what I've seen, it seems like very few people who know the basilisk believe it (<10 maybe?), but there are some people (still not a lot, but significantly more than 10), who avoid the basilisk just in case it is dangerous, because of EY's reaction.

Comment author: Toggle 18 July 2014 04:06:56PM 16 points [-]

It sounds like the actual unusual paradigm on LW is not so much "worried about the basilisk" as it is "unusually accommodating of people who worry about the basilisk".

Comment author: Algernoq 21 July 2014 02:59:06AM *  3 points [-]

Modest proposal: practice "ontological rejection therapy" to decrease worry about basilisks, etc.:

  • Shout or type statements intended to draw punishment from every conceivable supernatural or post-Singularity entity.

Negative result: Nothing happens. Gain increased sanity and epistemological confidence.

Positive result: Devoured by Mind Flayers or equivalent. Surviving peers gain experimental data of immense value.

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