Yep, it turns out that Eliezer is not literally the smartest, most powerful, most compassionate being in the universe. A bit of a letdown, isn’t it? I know a lot of people expected better of him.
No sane person would proclaim something like that. If one does not know the context and one doesn’t know who Eliezer Yudkowsky is one should however conclude that it is reasonable to assume that the slide was not meant to be taken seriously (e.g. is a joke).
Extremely exaggerated manipulations are in my opinion no deception, just fun.
Sorry if I’ve contributed to reinforcing anyone’s weird stereotypes of you. I thought it would be obvious to anybody that the picture was a joke.
Edit: For what it’s worth, I moved the link to the original image to the top of the post, and made it explicit that it’s photoshopped.
You mean some of the comments in the Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts thread are not literal depictions of reality? How dare you!
Yep, it turns out that Eliezer is not literally the smartest, most powerful, most compassionate being in the universe. A bit of a letdown, isn’t it? I know a lot of people expected better of him.
No sane person would proclaim something like that. If one does not know the context and one doesn’t know who Eliezer Yudkowsky is one should however conclude that it is reasonable to assume that the slide was not meant to be taken seriously (e.g. is a joke).
Extremely exaggerated manipulations are in my opinion no deception, just fun.
That might be underestimating the power of lack of context.