He used to be a frequent commenter on Overcoming Bias before Hanson and Yudkowsky split blogs, and he clearly dazzled readers with his refined brand of contrarianism. I wasn’t around to watch, but his comments are occasionally seen under 2007-2008 posts, and later on too. His handle there is/was simply Mencius, search for it.
Thanks; that explains it. Is there a way for me to move this to Open Thread? (I’m new to posting/commenting here, and I haven’t fully figured out the site mechanics.)
He used to be a frequent commenter on Overcoming Bias before Hanson and Yudkowsky split blogs, and he clearly dazzled readers with his refined brand of contrarianism. I wasn’t around to watch, but his comments are occasionally seen under 2007-2008 posts, and later on too. His handle there is/was simply Mencius, search for it.
(Might this belong in Open Thread?)
Thanks; that explains it. Is there a way for me to move this to Open Thread? (I’m new to posting/commenting here, and I haven’t fully figured out the site mechanics.)
No, not really. Just post similar concerns there the next time and you’ll be fine. :-)
LW search has been giving me some headaches recently. Might you link to the account that LW probably generated for him when it imported stuff from OB?