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Dahlen comments on Open Thread, May 4 - May 10, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 07 May 2015 10:25:03AM 15 points [-]

There was a discussion a little while back (I think in another open thread) about the game of looking at the titles of articles linked from the "Recent on rationality blogs" sidebar and guessing who wrote them. Usually this is pretty easy.

Right now, though, the top link in the list is "The Future is Filters", which seems like an obvious Robin Hanson title. But no! It's Scott, not Robin, and it's about "filter bubbles" rather than "great filters".

I wonder whether Scott is aware of the game and deliberately trying to tease...

Comment author: Dahlen 07 May 2015 03:32:11PM 1 point [-]

My thoughts exactly! I sometimes use that sidebar to find out about SSC updates (which I read somewhat more often than OB), and when I saw that title, I never even thought to scroll over it to see the link. Obvious Robin Hanson. Something something Great Filter. Well, imagine my surprise...