I wonder how many people upvoted this post less for the ideas expressed and more because they like robots.
I think I upvoted it for the ideas, but can’t honestly guarantee that the “oooh, shiny cool robot analogy appeals to my geeky heart” factor wouldn’t have made me upvote even if I found the ideas uninteresting.
Writing-style gives me a strong internal impression of clarity / comprehension. I enjoy this sensation and think it correlates with understanding, and so am trying to promote more of it.
Blue feels very soothing and I think contributes to the sensation of clarity / comprehension. I up-vote soothing sensation.
I like the possible direction this could take in terms of microeconomic utility, revealed preferences, and so on for understanding human intelligence. So my up-vote is payment for expected future ideas.
I wonder how many people upvoted this post less for the ideas expressed and more because they like robots.
I think I upvoted it for the ideas, but can’t honestly guarantee that the “oooh, shiny cool robot analogy appeals to my geeky heart” factor wouldn’t have made me upvote even if I found the ideas uninteresting.
I wonder how many people upvoted this post less for the ideas expressed and more because they like Yvain.
I like how Yvain creates clarity. This takes a lot of effort. I’d like to encourage his effort.
I upvote articles and comments that promise future articles that I want to read.
ditto :) I never have enough reading material.
I up-voted because:
Writing-style gives me a strong internal impression of clarity / comprehension. I enjoy this sensation and think it correlates with understanding, and so am trying to promote more of it.
Blue feels very soothing and I think contributes to the sensation of clarity / comprehension. I up-vote soothing sensation.
I like the possible direction this could take in terms of microeconomic utility, revealed preferences, and so on for understanding human intelligence. So my up-vote is payment for expected future ideas.