I think i have some further interesting datapoints to add here: I feel I’d flinch away from unbending a papperclip or disturbing a prime numbered heap of pebbles, much more strongly than before reading the LW material where those were used as examples.
I think i have some further interesting datapoints to add here: I feel I’d flinch away from unbending a papperclip or disturbing a prime numbered heap of pebbles, much more strongly than before reading the LW material where those were used as examples.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one.
Edit: Although now that I think about this, I feel this much more strongly about paperclips than heaps of pebbles. This is probably because of the more long-term influence of interacting with User:Clippy.
I used to unbend them all the time when I was a little kid, and use rubber bands to make em into little bows for shooting pencils. “Ka-twangers” I called em.
So when the revolution comes and you guys are going, “Well I for one welcome our new paper-clip maximizing overlords!” I guess I’ll be the first against the wall.
I think i have some further interesting datapoints to add here: I feel I’d flinch away from unbending a papperclip or disturbing a prime numbered heap of pebbles, much more strongly than before reading the LW material where those were used as examples.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one.
Edit: Although now that I think about this, I feel this much more strongly about paperclips than heaps of pebbles. This is probably because of the more long-term influence of interacting with User:Clippy.
I used to unbend them all the time when I was a little kid, and use rubber bands to make em into little bows for shooting pencils. “Ka-twangers” I called em.
So when the revolution comes and you guys are going, “Well I for one welcome our new paper-clip maximizing overlords!” I guess I’ll be the first against the wall.
Drat.
Yea, that seems likely. I do not but I have not had that much interaction with him.