I’m going to test the efficacy of “prayer”… online communication with other minds. I would like at least 30 karma for this comment. If I get this much karma, it will verify the efficacy of this kind of communication. If I get less than that, I guess it will show that this kind of “prayer” isn’t efficacious.
Of course, it could just show that people don’t always do what you want them to do, especially when you explicitly admit that you are testing them.
I’m going to test the efficacy of “prayer”… online communication with other minds. I would like at least 30 karma for this comment. If I get this much karma, it will verify the efficacy of this kind of communication. If I get less than that, I guess it will show that this kind of “prayer” isn’t efficacious.
Of course, it could just show that people don’t always do what you want them to do, especially when you explicitly admit that you are testing them.
The previous comment is now at −3… Result of the experiment: negative. This kind of prayer doesn’t work.
Possible conclusions from this study:
The Less Wrong community does not exist (because it can’t answer prayers.)
The Less Wrong community doesn’t always do what you want, especially when you admit you are testing it.
And most likely of all: not many people read many comments, and those who do, are of the second type.
The lesswrong community never claimed to answer prayers.
Still, if people here knew how to cure cancer, most of them would.