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polymathwannabe comments on Yudkowsky's brain is the pinnacle of evolution - Less Wrong Discussion

-27 Post author: Yudkowsky_is_awesome 24 August 2015 08:56PM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 24 August 2015 11:13:10PM 0 points [-]

I say,

99.8% likely this is an upset outsider baiting for reactions in order to gauge our degree of cultishness.

0.1% likely this a sincere believer.

0.1% likely this is Eliezer messing with our heads.

Comment author: DanielLC 25 August 2015 04:02:08AM 6 points [-]

That adds up to 100%. You need to leave room for other things, like they're trolling us for the fun of it.

Comment author: Alicorn 24 August 2015 11:45:17PM 8 points [-]

I feel like "in order to gauge our cultishness" is too specific/conjunctive for that much of your probability mass.

Comment author: knb 25 August 2015 01:05:47AM 6 points [-]

Yeah, it just seems like a low-effort troll to me.