Sorry, the snark potential here is too high, so I need to get these off my chest.
I dreamed that the Wall Street Journal had published an article about “Eliezer Yudkowsky”, but it wasn’t me, it was a different “Eliezer Yudkowsky”, and in the dream I wondered if I needed to write a letter to clarify this.
Um, the advantage of your name—and mine—is that you pretty much never have to worry about this happening. Low prior indeed!
the dream couldn’t be evidence because … only actual sensory impressions of Google results could form the base of a legitimate chain of inferences.
Yeah, I can see why you’re worried people might quote you without permission! I mean, I thought I’d seen the worst Google fanboys, but never before did I see anyone claim that Google was the genesis of all valid inferences!
Sorry, the snark potential here is too high, so I need to get these off my chest.
Um, the advantage of your name—and mine—is that you pretty much never have to worry about this happening. Low prior indeed!
Yeah, I can see why you’re worried people might quote you without permission! I mean, I thought I’d seen the worst Google fanboys, but never before did I see anyone claim that Google was the genesis of all valid inferences!