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Ap­plause Light

TagLast edit: Nov 24, 2021, 4:36 AM by Multicore

An applause light is an empty statement which evokes positive affect without providing new information.

It [was] not so much a propositional statement, as the equivalent of the “Applause” light that tells a studio audience when to clap.

Applause Lights

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Ap­plause Lights

Eliezer YudkowskySep 11, 2007, 6:31 PM
370 points
99 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ap­plause Lights

MinibearRexAug 25, 2011, 2:04 AM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Lost pur­poses—Do­ing what’s easy or what’s important

EloJan 4, 2017, 1:26 AM
5 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

We Don’t Really Want Your Participation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2007, 7:53 PM
64 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
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