On which issues do you think I most obviously still need to say “Oops”?
I swear I’m not just going meta to look good, but...
This issue, the issue of getting feedback, debugging your mind, improving yourself, your posts, and your style. What you are doing is amazing already; the feedback we can give takes you from the top 99th percentile to the top half of the 99th percentile. But you are very nearly at the point where we can’t help you anymore, because we don’t know anything that you don’t already know and use. Between this and the google survey you ought to get decent data, but beyond these …
Well, I feel like the biggest difference between you and Eliezer (and I speak of how I perceive you on this site) is apart from subject matter (you obviously can’t rehash what he’s written and he hasn’t the research time and knowledge to do neuroscience) your levels of confidence. Eliezer is self-confident, you ask us for tips to improve. That affects your appearance on the site. So I think you should—notscale down your feedback requests—make your feedback requests stealthier. Maybe in person, in private message, or in comments instead of posts. Maybe focus on collecting metrics data like upvotes or number of dissenting vs approving comments.
Is this something that fits with your observations?
Eliezer is self-confident, you ask us for tips to improve. That affects your appearance on the site.
I agree with this observation, but I’m not sure it’s a bad thing. Eliezer is often a bit out of reach to be a proper model: I have often the feeling that I will need countless years to reach his level, I I ever manage to reach it. I can instead relate better to Luke’s quest of going from Padawan to Jedi, and I don’t mind seeing this kind of behavior from him, at least until he completes his training and becomes a full time member of the Jedi Council.
I’ve thought about making my requests for feedback stealthier, but… do I really want to appear more confident than I am? The appearance of overconfidence helps in dating and probably in executive directoring, but there are costs — such as outsiders dismissing me (and SIAI) as falling prey to timelines optimism.
I swear I’m not just going meta to look good, but...
This issue, the issue of getting feedback, debugging your mind, improving yourself, your posts, and your style. What you are doing is amazing already; the feedback we can give takes you from the top 99th percentile to the top half of the 99th percentile. But you are very nearly at the point where we can’t help you anymore, because we don’t know anything that you don’t already know and use. Between this and the google survey you ought to get decent data, but beyond these …
Well, I feel like the biggest difference between you and Eliezer (and I speak of how I perceive you on this site) is apart from subject matter (you obviously can’t rehash what he’s written and he hasn’t the research time and knowledge to do neuroscience) your levels of confidence. Eliezer is self-confident, you ask us for tips to improve. That affects your appearance on the site. So I think you should—not scale down your feedback requests—make your feedback requests stealthier. Maybe in person, in private message, or in comments instead of posts. Maybe focus on collecting metrics data like upvotes or number of dissenting vs approving comments.
Is this something that fits with your observations?
I agree with this observation, but I’m not sure it’s a bad thing. Eliezer is often a bit out of reach to be a proper model: I have often the feeling that I will need countless years to reach his level, I I ever manage to reach it. I can instead relate better to Luke’s quest of going from Padawan to Jedi, and I don’t mind seeing this kind of behavior from him, at least until he completes his training and becomes a full time member of the Jedi Council.
Yes. Also, our respect for fashion.
I’ve thought about making my requests for feedback stealthier, but… do I really want to appear more confident than I am? The appearance of overconfidence helps in dating and probably in executive directoring, but there are costs — such as outsiders dismissing me (and SIAI) as falling prey to timelines optimism.
No. You should appear more confident than you currently appear, but you should appear that confident because you are that confident.