It draws attention to how he thinks he’s smarter than everyone, which is rude. He’s also not following the rules of the game, which is also rude.
It’s also an epistemic sin, given that he doesn’t think that he’s literally the smartest person on earth (as far as I know). I agree with the response asking him to at least tag a Jaynes fan account.
Not following the rules of the game is probably the point? It is an annoying situation for be placed in, and his response was a funny way of opting out.
Am I missing something—his response seems just like the funniest possible reply to the already silly exercise?
It draws attention to how he thinks he’s smarter than everyone, which is rude. He’s also not following the rules of the game, which is also rude.
It’s also an epistemic sin, given that he doesn’t think that he’s literally the smartest person on earth (as far as I know). I agree with the response asking him to at least tag a Jaynes fan account.
Not following the rules of the game is probably the point? It is an annoying situation for be placed in, and his response was a funny way of opting out.
Obviously we have different intuitions here.
A non-rude way to opt out of the game is to just not respond.