I give <1% chance we are currently “in a fast takeoff”, but that forecast doesn’t mean anything until we have something unambiguous to score anyway. For me the high upvote count is a downward update on the expected competence of the LW audience.
You should remember that the post has 117 karma and 124 votes, which means it’s highly controversial for this forum. The average tends to be something like 2:1 as a ratio, given a mix of high-karma people strong upvoting and regular upvoting.
You should remember that the post has 117 karma and 124 votes, which means it’s highly controversial for this forum. The average tends to be something like 2:1 as a ratio, given a mix of high-karma people strong upvoting and regular upvoting.