kbaxter

• kbaxterJan 19, 2012, 10:57 PM

  19 points

  in reply to: lukeprog’s comment on: The Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute’s Ar­ro­gance Problem

  I can smell the “arrogance,” but do you think any of the claims in these paragraphs is false?

  When I read that, I interpreted it to mean something like “Yes, he does come across as arrogant, but it’s okay because everything he’s saying is actually true.” It didn’t come across to me like a separate question—it read to me like a rhetorical question which was used to make a point. Maybe that’s not how you intended it?

  I think erratio is saying that it’s important to communicate in a way that doesn’t turn people off, regardless of whether what you’re saying is true or not.

• kbaxterDec 16, 2011, 10:37 PM

  3 points

  in reply to: cousin_it’s comment on: No one knows what Peano ar­ith­metic doesn’t know

  I think it would also help if you spelled out “Peano arithmetic” in the title instead of “PA.” After reading the title, I had no idea what this post would be about.

• kbaxterJun 28, 2011, 3:56 PM

  1 point

  on: Meetup : East Coast Su­per Fun Ra­tion­al­ists Sleep­over Party Extravaganza

  This is going to be AWESOME. I’ve got it on my calendar. Awaiting details!

• kbaxterJun 13, 2011, 3:36 PM

  0 points

  on: Cam­bridge Less Wrong Group Plan­ning Meetup, Tues­day 14 June 7pm

  Is there some way to get this sent out as a notification to everyone in the group on Meetup.com? I just found out about this today, and it’s too short notice for me—I already have plans. There may be others who would be interested, but don’t know about it.