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Brillyant comments on Harper's Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum - Less Wrong Discussion

44 Post author: gwern 12 December 2014 08:34PM

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Comment author: Kawoomba 12 December 2014 10:45:20PM *  6 points [-]

Some of the awkward personal details which are so deliciously expounded upon come close to character assassination. Shame on the author, going for the cheap shots. I can just imagine an exposé of the very same style used to denigrate, say, Alan Turing.

Comment author: Brillyant 13 December 2014 05:01:33AM 0 points [-]

Care to elaborate and/or give examples?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 December 2014 05:57:57AM *  12 points [-]

For starters, Turing had a high pitched stammer, extremely yellow teeth, and noticeably dirty fingernails (even though he was often seen biting them). No doubt, a less than sympathetic investigator would have found many more such things to mention in an article about him.

Comment author: TobyBartels 13 December 2014 05:40:06PM 4 points [-]

And he was gay (before the word ‘gay’ meant that).