I always thought this comment was a great use of the outside view as applied to us. I don’t think Mitchell Porter is right that we all think Less Wrong is much more important than it is, but it’s quite necessary to remember that we are not the kings of philosophy, and probably nothing terribly world-shattering, either.
This comment by Vladimir Nesov instantly convinced me that he is entirely right. It’s not that I thought he was wrong before, but that I had never much thought about it before and what he said was obviously true in retrospect. (An example of comparmentalization on my part, since I had already gained the same insight into selfhood/identity and ‘continuous experiences’.)
I liked this comment because I enjoy self-aware pessimistic spins on things. I probably only remember it because it is not of the same category as most comments.
This comment by lessdazed is a good summary or reformulation of the ethical injunctions mini-sequence.
ata’s comment here summarizes how I feel about people tossing around the c-word with respect to Less Wrong without really anticipating the consequences of this action.
I like Strange7′s counter to Eliezer’s unsupported assertion that Three Worlds Collide would make a terrible movie.
Vladimir_M’s tautological observation here about the underachieving, low-status nature of this community.
Will Newsome coins the term “Roko algorithm”. What a great term.
nyan_sandwich explains that you should either use your naive intuitions or calibrated mathematical models, and not some monstrous technical-seeming combination of the two. I thought it was a very good general point.
I liked this comment because I enjoy self-aware pessimistic spins on things. I probably only remember it because it is not of the same category as most comments.
I always thought this comment was a great use of the outside view as applied to us. I don’t think Mitchell Porter is right that we all think Less Wrong is much more important than it is, but it’s quite necessary to remember that we are not the kings of philosophy, and probably nothing terribly world-shattering, either.
This comment by Vladimir Nesov instantly convinced me that he is entirely right. It’s not that I thought he was wrong before, but that I had never much thought about it before and what he said was obviously true in retrospect. (An example of comparmentalization on my part, since I had already gained the same insight into selfhood/identity and ‘continuous experiences’.)
I liked this comment because I enjoy self-aware pessimistic spins on things. I probably only remember it because it is not of the same category as most comments.
I thought this was a great idea.
This comment by lessdazed is a good summary or reformulation of the ethical injunctions mini-sequence.
ata’s comment here summarizes how I feel about people tossing around the c-word with respect to Less Wrong without really anticipating the consequences of this action.
I like Strange7′s counter to Eliezer’s unsupported assertion that Three Worlds Collide would make a terrible movie.
Vladimir_M’s tautological observation here about the underachieving, low-status nature of this community.
Will Newsome coins the term “Roko algorithm”. What a great term.
This entire thread is good for all sorts of reasons.
nyan_sandwich explains that you should either use your naive intuitions or calibrated mathematical models, and not some monstrous technical-seeming combination of the two. I thought it was a very good general point.
Costanza’s comment here. Tragically underkarmaed.
MixedNuts on utilitarian blood temperatures.
This comment, which I shall refer to as Rayhawk’s Wheel.
MrHen alleviates half of my guilt.
Violates the “no jokes” rule.
No cookies for you.
Violates the “no jokes” suggestion
Oops, somehow I just glanced over the bullet-points without reading the line right above. Sorry.