(Continuation—a concept I did not “appreciate”, in a format I never “needed” until “just now.”)
That’s why I overheard it. The wise man, who never taught me, accidentally said this, before I ever heard of Bayesianism. One of the wise man’s friends knew Bayesianism—not as it is practiced here—though he knew the differences… Why am I confident, when he had never heard of less wrong… What did the other wise man do to describe the field to an interested novice, who ended up being a typical dumb young kid, and disappointing him.. He said a word that I didn’t know then, and I looked up my unfamiliar words...
“The field is in its baroque phase.”
I “smell something,” years later, long after stopping being a Bayesian. I sense, very indirectly, that the baroque phase is starting to draw to a close… Not everybody is on the same page.… If they could all communicate, if I were to help...
What if that’s an “intelligence explosion..” Wait, those were scary… Why...
Less Wrong. Ok… Weird… I was never a “Kurzweil” guy. I was just an internet atheist.… like… lukeprog. Why would I remember “that name...”
On other days, looking at “functional programming,” I ran into “gwern...”
Where are my experts hiding… Who is qualified to solve this problem, when I am not… Who can help me there...
(Continuation—a concept I did not “appreciate”, in a format I never “needed” until “just now.”)
That’s why I overheard it. The wise man, who never taught me, accidentally said this, before I ever heard of Bayesianism. One of the wise man’s friends knew Bayesianism—not as it is practiced here—though he knew the differences… Why am I confident, when he had never heard of less wrong… What did the other wise man do to describe the field to an interested novice, who ended up being a typical dumb young kid, and disappointing him.. He said a word that I didn’t know then, and I looked up my unfamiliar words...
“The field is in its baroque phase.”
I “smell something,” years later, long after stopping being a Bayesian. I sense, very indirectly, that the baroque phase is starting to draw to a close… Not everybody is on the same page.… If they could all communicate, if I were to help...
What if that’s an “intelligence explosion..” Wait, those were scary… Why...
Less Wrong. Ok… Weird… I was never a “Kurzweil” guy. I was just an internet atheist.… like… lukeprog. Why would I remember “that name...”
On other days, looking at “functional programming,” I ran into “gwern...”
Where are my experts hiding… Who is qualified to solve this problem, when I am not… Who can help me there...