Would you change your mind if I dug up links to the two times in the last two weeks that someone on the LW discussion page asked why everyone was so certain that Q=V, clearly displaying that they didn’t know the spoiler?
No. That is, this does not provide information that surprises me and requires updating—it’s 14*500 comments worth of common knowledge, not something that is completely universal.
The point is—this kind of reality editing is tacky and I’m never going to support vilifying pleep or anyone else for not getting behind it. If you go as far as to outright patronize people for not understanding something then it is just too late to pretend it is a secret.
If you go as far as to outright patronize people for not understanding something then it is just too late to pretend it is a secret.
See, I could’ve sworn I said
And just to reiterate, since pleeppleep is determinedly ignoring this fact despite being repeatedly made aware of it, the spoiler isn’t “X” but “Eliezer said X”.
No. That is, this does not provide information that surprises me and requires updating—it’s 14*500 comments worth of common knowledge, not something that is completely universal.
The point is—this kind of reality editing is tacky and I’m never going to support vilifying pleep or anyone else for not getting behind it. If you go as far as to outright patronize people for not understanding something then it is just too late to pretend it is a secret.
See, I could’ve sworn I said
Should I change that “pleeppleep” to “wedrifid”?