It would be less confusing (to me, possibly others), if you abbreviated Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbledore’s name as AD. (My personal preference for APBWD should not be catered to.)
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Dead brains are like burned libraries.
I don’t often agree with you, but you just convinced me we’re on the same side.
My preference would be for one post per major idea, however short or long that ends up.
Please keep posting mathy stuff here, I find it extremely interesting despite not having much of a math background.
Those questionnaires are not a particularly good introduction to the LW/SI memespace. I worry that he is therefore making a poor first impression on our behalf, reducing the odds that these people will end up contributing to existential risk reduction and/or friendliness research.
I was going to upvote this comment until I got to the last line. XiXiDu’s email campaign is almost certainly doing more harm than good.
RIght now I’m on a career path that will lead to me making lots of money with reasonable probability. I intend to give at least 10% of my income to existential risk reduction (FHI or SI, depending on the current finances of each) for the foreseeable future.
I wish I could do more. I’m probably smart/rational enough to contribute to FAI work directly in at least some capacity. But while that work is extremely important, it doesn’t excite me, and I haven’t managed to self-modify in that direction yet, though I’m working on it. Historically, I’ve been unable to motivate myself to do unexciting things for long periods of time (and that’s another self-modification project).
I’m not doing more because I am weak. This is one of the primary motivations for my desire to become stronger.
Flitwick is probably also out as an Imperius candidate, being a former international dueling champion and all.
In the intervening time I’ve also been convinced that I have ADD, or at least something that looks like it. My executive function is usually pretty decent.
My comments on this topic after the first one were a mistake. Apologies for feeding the troll.
You want to normalize domestic violence and make it legal. That’s the only reasonable inference I can draw from what you’ve written.
Pro tip: I’m a dude. Does that falsify anything you believe?
Okay, so you’re just advocating it, then.
I’ve been in an abusive relationship. You greatly underestimate the amount of psychological damage the occasional slap can do.
This is a thread about unspeakable ideas, not unspeakable behavior. You are advocating domestic violence and (I infer) admitting to committing it as well.
And if anyone else brings up women they know, well, they’re probably like you, too. No true woman is worthy of respect.
If you actually believe this, please go away and never come back.
If you don’t actually believe this, would you mind explaining why you’re trolling?
So far as human decision-making in a society run by humans goes, I completely agree.
I would assume that Snape was referring to the Draught of Living Death, which creates a temporary condition indistinguishable from death.
Upvoted for “cheeted.” And, y’know, for the rest of the intelligent and helpful comment. But mostly for “cheeted.”
I agree with 99.99% of what Eliezer writes.
No, you don’t, as this post alone demonstrates. This is why I consider you a troll.
Reading this made my brain hurt. It’s a pile of false analogies that ignores the best arguments disagreeing with it, which is particularly ironic in light of the epigraph. (I’m thinking of Chalmers specifically, but really you can take your pick.)
I’m tempted to go through and point out every problem with this post, but I noticed at least a dozen on my first read-through and I just don’t have the time.
Posts arguing against the LW orthodoxy deserve disproportional attention and consideration to combat groupthink, but this is just too wrong for me to tolerate.
Thank you. Alas, my credibility shall be forever tainted.