Post summary: I, Gwern, am better than Seth Roberts. Watch as I trick him with my superior science skills! This is important, because I have proven that a human is biased, something no one has ever done before.
Perhaps a bit rude, but this is what one could read from this. I don’t think gwern at all intended to show that he’s better than Seth but simply tells an interesting story. Still, there’s major signalling going on here, and Seth does have every right to be offended, in my opinion.
Post summary: I, Gwern, am better than Seth Roberts. Watch as I trick him with my superior science skills! This is important, because I have proven that a human is biased, something no one has ever done before.
Perhaps a bit rude, but this is what one could read from this. I don’t think gwern at all intended to show that he’s better than Seth but simply tells an interesting story. Still, there’s major signalling going on here, and Seth does have every right to be offended, in my opinion.