you said you spoiled it, but I notice no actual description of NBT
What he actually said was
if you have been reading LW for a while and have been passionate about improving your rationality, yet you failed to notice so far how good an opportunity MoR is … I just spoiled it for you
Ergo, spotting that MoR is awesome was a test, and we flunked it. Because apparently we failed to notice that MoR is awesome.
What he’s claiming isn’t that the rest of us failed to notice that MoR is awesome, but that the rest of us failed to notice that MoR is awesome as a series of puzzle-solving rationality exercises.
What he actually said was
Ergo, spotting that MoR is awesome was a test, and we flunked it. Because apparently we failed to notice that MoR is awesome.
… or something like that.
What he’s claiming isn’t that the rest of us failed to notice that MoR is awesome, but that the rest of us failed to notice that MoR is awesome as a series of puzzle-solving rationality exercises.