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Re: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality finished today

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Post by solarmist » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 4:49 PM UTC

Eliezer wrote: post #163

solarmist wrote: post #106

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I didn't know that, donations are baiting the lion, I suppose it helps though that his story is almost completely separate from canon. That's a very risky path to walk though.

I offered to post pre-written chapters at a higher speed (1 per 2 days instead 1 per 4 days) if a medium-sized charity I cofounded many years earlier made its annual donation target during a matching grant. Beware that HPMOR has a hatedom, and don't believe everything you're told about it.

Yeah, donations to a charity and donations to an author are very different things.

Re: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality finished today

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Post by qrendel » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 6:00 PM UTC

Eliezer wrote: post #170

davidgerard wrote: post #166

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Let me note again the lack of actual specifics. The claims are literally not made, let alone substantiated.

I reply that you are blatantly lying about an easily checkable matter, and I request the interested observer to follow the link and check. (Wow. Am I missing something about status games that make the above open lie a good move for David Gerard? He's done it repeatedly, too. I'm confused, how is this a good thing from his perspective? Am I playing into his hands somehow by calling him on it each time?)

Any publicity is good publicity?

Re: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality finished today

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Post by mtae » Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 8:53 AM UTC

andolanra wrote: post #55

mtae wrote: post #48

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May I ask what about "Less Wrong-style rationality" you disagree with?

This is the kind of thing which could very easily turn into a flame war, and is much further off-topic. I'm not interested in that kind of argument right now, so all I will say in this thread is this: My personal experience with Less Wrong-style rationalism, to simplify the situation aggressively, is that it has a core of good, useful tools (Bayesian reasoning, strict positivism, utilitarianism) that I have no proble…

Thanks for explaining your views. My intent was not to spark a flame war, I've heard quite a few critiques of less wrong but most of the authors expressed their disagreement without explaining what they disagreed with (perhaps it was obvious to them).