Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 May 2012 12:16:44AM 7 points [-]

And the other question that is left unanswered is why Roko's basilisk is allowed to remain in that article, considering that it was purged off LW?

Because Eliezer doesn't have the power to force RW to delete it.

Comment author: LordSnow 10 May 2012 12:32:09AM 7 points [-]

Well, this is surely one thing that will not make it to http://lesswrong.com/lw/4g/eliezer_yudkowsky_facts/ :D

Comment author: shminux 09 May 2012 11:01:53PM *  9 points [-]

Typing "RationalWiki" into the search box in the upper right corner will return plenty of discussions about it.

Comment author: LordSnow 09 May 2012 11:53:16PM 0 points [-]

Thank you, I did find some discussion and while I get the feeling that RationalWiki is seen as "wrong", I failed to find any proper backing of this opinion.

And the other question that is left unanswered is why Roko's basilisk is allowed to remain in that article, considering that it was purged off LW? (RW article comes up among top google searches on "lesswrong" so it might matter?)

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 09 May 2012 06:05:00PM *  2 points [-]

I am still a high school student

Sorry to hear about that!

Comment author: LordSnow 09 May 2012 10:56:24PM 3 points [-]

I find your jumping to conclusions somewhat offensive. In fact, I don't feel socially disadvantaged for my interests.

Comment author: LordSnow 09 May 2012 05:34:37PM 1 point [-]

If such poster is created, it should be distributed to as many high schools as possible.

Comment author: LordSnow 09 May 2012 05:29:39PM 7 points [-]

"I'd have more confidence if we had previously managed to pull this off with other mammals."

Some mammals are pretty good at doing it themselves... http://users.iab.uaf.edu/~brian_barnes/publications/1989barnes.pdf

Comment author: LordSnow 09 May 2012 05:24:03PM 6 points [-]

Hi everyone! I am still a high school student but very interested in what I read here on LessWrong! I decided to register to contribute to discussions. Until now, I have been lurking but hopefully I will be able to join the conversation in a useful way.