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NancyLebovitz comments on Stupid Questions December 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: Gondolinian 08 December 2014 03:39PM

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Comment author: timujin 09 December 2014 11:34:27AM 1 point [-]

If nothing else, your writing is better than that of a high proportion of people on the internet.

Do you know me?

More generally, you could explore the idea of everyone being more competent than you at everything. Is there evidence for this? Evidence against it? Is it likely that you're at the bottom of ability at everything?

I find a lot of evidence for it, but I am not sure I am not being selective. For example, I am the only one in my peer group that never did any extra-curricular activities at school. While everyone had something like sports or hobbies, I seemed to only study at school an waste all my other time surfing the internet and playing the same video games over and over.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 December 2014 11:45:17AM 0 points [-]

I don't think I know you, but I'm not that great at remembering people. I made the claim about your writing because I've spent a lot of time online.

I'm sure you're being selective about the people you're comparing yourself to.