Good link, typo in title, have a good day, thank you for posting on Lesswrong.
Does it flow, or simulate a flow?
I think I should be less secretive and try to let other people know about problems before coming up with a solution on my own more often. All of my attempts to come up with a specific scenario to mention in this post already violates the tendency which I am trying to eliminate. It is a vicious cycle. I suspect this post may have been pointless...
I think I should be less secretive and try to let other people know about problems before coming up with a solution on my own more often. All of my attempts to come up with a specific scenario to mention in this post already violate the tendency which I am trying to eliminate. It is a vicious cycle. I suspect this post may have been pointless...
Excellent post, I will keep these ideas in mind in future arguments.
I make a habit of muttering incoherently and then scornfully rejecting my own opinions to maximize reasonable creativity. Of course, this is a bad course of action in public, but very helpful when I need to make a game engine in two days.
I agree that expressing outrage is normally a bad idea, it generally does not convince the other person and negatively effects my ability to be rational.
Did they ever encourage it?
Thank you for the summary, I have considered looking for information on SIAI's costs before, so presenting it in a readable way is helpful.
I understand both of their arguments, but the emotions involved are incomprehensible...
I suppose I would have said nearly the same thing in Moly's position, and would not have predicted that I was being offensive. It would be helpful to be able to empathize with peoples emotions, but I am apparently horrible at it.
I have been mostly lurking on lesswrong for over a year, but never posted because I can generally dismiss whatever questions or theories I come up with faster than I can explain them on a forum. Essentially, I was waiting for a situation where I actually needed input from a larger group, thought my own conclusions were wrong, or had something which I thought was worth planting in other peoples minds. This post covers all of these, so without further ado, I would like to discuss a few questions about democratic government which have been on my mind recently.
I am not old enough to vote, but have tried working on petitions,... (read 429 more words →)
I have wished for a nearby LW group for a while and will be attending U of Waterloo in January. I will nearly certainly be there.