I thought the post lent LessWrong the appearance of a self-absorbed, naval-gazing, hero-worshiping clique. Appearances are important. LessWrong is vulnerable to this image. I was glad to see the post go.
I thought the post lent LessWrong the appearance of a site where a lively and open discussion could take place, where the “authorities” did not jealously guard their images and respectability. I was always impressed by rationalists such as Feynman who was known to his colleagues, students and faculty alike, as “Dick” because the respect one had for Feynman came from what he had to say, not who he was. Here is a picture of the wall at one of the Caltech student houses. This is an example of how non-cultists worship their heroes.
I’m sorry, I’m kidding! In fact, I had put the quote in by cut and paste, I would imagine solipsist must have come back later and fixed his click to a clique. I just edited my post to fix my click to a clique as well, to see whether editing a post updates the time stamp on it. It does not.
I thought the post lent LessWrong the appearance of a site where a lively and open discussion could take place, where the “authorities” did not jealously guard their images and respectability. I was always impressed by rationalists such as Feynman who was known to his colleagues, students and faculty alike, as “Dick” because the respect one had for Feynman came from what he had to say, not who he was. Here is a picture of the wall at one of the Caltech student houses. This is an example of how non-cultists worship their heroes.
Did you intentionally add a misspelling to the quote?
What misspelling???
I’m sorry, I’m kidding! In fact, I had put the quote in by cut and paste, I would imagine solipsist must have come back later and fixed his click to a clique. I just edited my post to fix my click to a clique as well, to see whether editing a post updates the time stamp on it. It does not.
Editing a post is marked by an asterisk after the original-time.
My apologies. That’s an entirely plausible explanation which didn’t occur to me.
Rule of thumb: if a paragraph contains more than twenty consecutive correctly spelt words, I did not write it.
Countersignaling like that only works when enough of the people you care to signal to are in on the joke.