Far from being a negative aspect of the post, the self-linking is a key element of Eliezer’s effort to build a common vocabulary for rationalists. I’ve personally found them extremely helpful for reminding myself of the context of the words, when I’ve forgotten. They’re basically footnotes.
How can we cooperate if we don’t even speak the same language?
Eliezer Yudkowsky has counted to Aleph 3^^^3.
The payoff to defection in the Prisoner’s Dilemma against Eliezer Yudkowsky is a paperclip. In the eye.
The Peano axioms are complete and consistent for Eliezer Yudkowsky.
In an Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma between Chuck Norris and Eliezer Yudkowsky, Chuck always cooperates and Eliezer defects. Chuck knows not to mess with his superiors.
Eliezer Yudkowsky’s brain actually exists in a Hilbert space.
In Japan, it is common to hear the phrase Eliezer naritai!