Xom

• XomOct 25, 2011, 1:44 AM

  6 points

  in reply to: GilPanama’s comment on: Bet­ter Disagreement

  The DH tier seems to correspond to an upper-bound on the effectiveness of an argument of that tier.

• XomOct 22, 2011, 9:00 PM

  2 points

  in reply to: Emile’s comment on: Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Oc­to­ber 2011

  http://​​catb.org/​​jargon/​​html/​​B/​​black-magic.html
  http://​​catb.org/​​jargon/​​html/​​V/​​voodoo-programming.html
  http://​​catb.org/​​jargon/​​html/​​R/​​rain-dance.html

• XomOct 12, 2011, 1:40 AM

  0 points

  in reply to: jasonmcdowell’s comment on: [SEQ RERUN] The Modesty Argument

  People affected by Charles Bonnet syndrome, according to Wikipedia, are often sane and able to distinguish their hallucinations as hallucinations.

• XomSep 2, 2011, 5:35 PM

  11 points

  on: Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Septem­ber 2011

  A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you regret the hours you spend on much that is forgotten, for the shadow of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions.

  ~ William Johnson Cory

• XomAug 10, 2011, 1:03 AM

  4 points

  on: Level­ing IRL

  It took me FOREVER to find http://​​wiki.lesswrong.com/​​wiki/​​User:Cousin_it/​​Leveling from this page. Is there a way you can edit a link into the OP?

• XomAug 3, 2011, 2:50 AM

  8 points

  on: Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Au­gust 2011

  Time affluence is like a wonder drug. It eliminates stress. It increases happiness. It helps you engage the world and increases the chance that you’ll stumble into something interesting.

  ~ Cal Newport

• XomFeb 3, 2011, 8:58 PM

  9 points

  on: Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: Fe­bru­ary 2011

  Opinions are like sex, you should change your positions if it feels wrong

  ~ garcia1000, Witchhunt game