Open Thread, May 11 - May 17, 2015

Gondolinian

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If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

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Just a PSA: advancedatheist has a fixation on dehumanizing rationalists with an especial focus on rationalists 'not being able to get laid'. Here's some of his posts on this matter:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/lzb/open_thread_apr_01_apr_05_2015/c7gr

http://lesswrong.com/lw/m4h/when_does_technological_enhancement_feel_natural/cc09

http://lesswrong.com/lw/m1p/open_thread_apr_13_apr_19_2015/cams

http://lesswrong.com/lw/dqz/a_marriage_ceremony_for_aspiring_rationalists/72wr

It's best not to 'feed the trolls', so to speak.

Just a PSA: advancedatheist has a fixation on dehumanizing rationalists with an especial focus on rationalists 'not being able to get laid'.

I've noticed. While it certainly informs my attitude to everything he posts, he is mostly still at the level of worth responding to.

15knb11y

So why lash out at him for this now when he isn't currently doing that? In any case I don't think he was trolling (deliberately trying to cause anger) so much as he was just morbidly fixated on a topic, and couldn't stop bringing it up,

7Luke_A_Somers11y

That's a weirdly weak collection of posts to complain about. It seems more like AA is noting his OWN lack of ability to get laid and has a degree of curiosity on the subject that would naturally result from such a situation. He also (correctly, I expect) anticipates that a noticeable number of people who are or have been in the same boat as him are on LW. I have seen some really obnoxious posts by AA, but these don't strike me as great examples. I am not about to go digging for them.

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