There must be ways to make the risk of uFAI similarly salient. Are there psychological tricks that help to consistently process far mode dangers in near mode instead? All of a sudden I wish I’d paid more attention to Hanson’s near/far posts. Oh well, there’s tons of time.
Comic Quote Minus 37
-- Ryan Armand
Also a favourite.
An inexplicably related story.
I cried when I first saw this. Reading the rest of the storyline ruined it for me.
rot13: Gur punenpgre jvgu gur onfronyy ong vf n pncevpvbhf tbq pncnoyr bs qbvat jungrire fur jnagf gb gur havirefr, hc gb naq vapyhqvat qrfgeblvat znwbe pvgvrf jvgu snagnfgvpny perngherf, fgnegvat jnef jvgu nyvra fcrpvrf, perngvat na nsgreyvsr jvgu rgreany gbegher, naq qverpgyl pnhfvat gur qrngu bs rirel uhzna ba rnegu.
That’s not the end of the story, however. (This is also why the omniscience clause is important in the theodicy argument.)
That was beautiful. And funny. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed and cried simultaneously before. Not at the same thing anyway.
Just… wow.
I printed that out and put it on my bedroom wall at one point.
There must be ways to make the risk of uFAI similarly salient. Are there psychological tricks that help to consistently process far mode dangers in near mode instead? All of a sudden I wish I’d paid more attention to Hanson’s near/far posts. Oh well, there’s tons of time.
That brought a tear to my eye.
It is unfortunate I cannot upvote this multiple times. Truly beautiful.
Beautiful.
As a long standing Minus fan (I have a print on my wall), I’ve always wondered whether that was a FLCL reference.