JoshuaZ comments on A Rationalist's Tale - LessWrong

82 Post author: lukeprog 28 September 2011 01:17AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 September 2011 08:26:21PM 11 points [-]

And this is what several levels above me looks like? I'm not omnipotent, yet, but I have a deed or two to my name at this point; for example, when I write Harry Potter fanfiction, it reliably ends up as the most popular HP fanfiction on the Internet. (Those of you who didn't get here following HPMOR can rule out selection effects at this point.) Several levels above me should make it noticeably easier to show your power in a third-party-noticeable fashion, and the fact that you can't do so should cause you to question yourself.

This doesn't obviously follow to me. There are skill sets which aren't due to rationality. Your own skill sets may be due in part to better writing capability and general intelligence.

Comment author: homunq 12 September 2011 02:15:20AM 8 points [-]

Mad skillz doesn't imply rationality. Lack of demonstrable skillz does strongly decrease the probability of mad rashunalitea.