I am so glad that finally some intellectual forum has passed the Sokal test. Computer Science, Sociology, and Philosophy have all failed, and they haven’t tried with the rest yet.
You must be joking. The relevant test is “reading comprehension”, and Less Wrong comprehensively failed. This essay says many things with which rationalists would agree, if they had been said differently. But some collective cognitive occlusion has apparently
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Oh. So you are joking. I guess you got me. looks away Well played, well played.
metatroll is the author of Confessions of a Failed Troll.
The relevant test is ‘Do I want to see more things like this on LW’, and the answer is no, because I value clarity more than seeing things I would agree with did I understand them.
This essay says many things with which rationalists would agree, if they had been said differently.
The assumptions behind that sentence are funny. We should welcome someone on the basis that he says things we can agree with as opposed to the person reasoning clearly.
I am so glad that finally some intellectual forum has passed the Sokal test. Computer Science, Sociology, and Philosophy have all failed, and they haven’t tried with the rest yet.
LessWrong, you are our only hope.
You must be joking. The relevant test is “reading comprehension”, and Less Wrong comprehensively failed. This essay says many things with which rationalists would agree, if they had been said differently. But some collective cognitive occlusion has apparently
notices the date
Oh. So you are joking. I guess you got me. looks away Well played, well played.
metatroll is the author of Confessions of a Failed Troll.
The relevant test is ‘Do I want to see more things like this on LW’, and the answer is no, because I value clarity more than seeing things I would agree with did I understand them.
The assumptions behind that sentence are funny. We should welcome someone on the basis that he says things we can agree with as opposed to the person reasoning clearly.
I think that the relevant joke was that this was a rambling, 2000 word restatement of “politics is the mind killer”.