If you put Eliezer Yudkowsky in a box, the rest of the universe is in a state of quantum superposition until you open it again.
Eliezer Yudkowsky can prove it’s not butter.
If you say Eliezer Yudkowsky’s name 3 times out loud, it prevents anything magical from happening.
This last one actually works!
Wouldn’t that be a case of belief in belief though?
If marchdown actually believed it, then yes, but I don’t believe that he believes in that belief.
True. The implied belief that magic existed was exploited and played for laughs a bit more. I suppose that was a poor joke.
If you put Eliezer Yudkowsky in a box, the rest of the universe is in a state of quantum superposition until you open it again.
Eliezer Yudkowsky can prove it’s not butter.
If you say Eliezer Yudkowsky’s name 3 times out loud, it prevents anything magical from happening.
This last one actually works!
Wouldn’t that be a case of belief in belief though?
If marchdown actually believed it, then yes, but I don’t believe that he believes in that belief.
True. The implied belief that magic existed was exploited and played for laughs a bit more. I suppose that was a poor joke.