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johnlawrenceaspden comments on Look for Lone Correct Contrarians - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: Gram_Stone 13 March 2016 04:11PM

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 March 2016 02:05:30AM 5 points [-]

I loved your post, but I also think metatroll's comment is funny. I don't think it's anything but a joke.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 15 March 2016 04:29:42PM 0 points [-]

Actually, the prophet tells us to 'notice when we are surprised'. There are those who say that funnyness has a lot to do with being surprised.

<joke> Prediction: English Omnipresent Humour (we make jokes at funerals, for God's sake) and English Eccentricity and (historical) English Scientific Prowess are some way related. </maybe>