David Gerard@awful.systemsM • edit-21 year agothat time Scott told the rationalists how adderall would turn them into geniuses of finance and even named specific rationalists he thought should get into adderallplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up121
arrow-up121external-linkthat time Scott told the rationalists how adderall would turn them into geniuses of finance and even named specific rationalists he thought should get into adderallplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • edit-21 year agomessage-square42 Commentsfedilink
gerikson@awful.systems • 1 year agoRaining Man - 70,000 trapped by mud at Burning Man 2023. Pray for the techbrosplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up166
arrow-up166external-linkRaining Man - 70,000 trapped by mud at Burning Man 2023. Pray for the techbrosplus-squaregerikson@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square22 Commentsfedilink
bitofhope@awful.systems • 1 year agoCalling for indefinite moratorium on lab-grown meat developmentplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6 fedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124message-squareCalling for indefinite moratorium on lab-grown meat developmentplus-squarebitofhope@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square6 Commentsfedilink
titotal@awful.systems • 1 year agoSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up113
arrow-up113external-linkSequence classic: "I don’t think you could get up to 99.99% confidence for assertions like “53 is a prime number.”plus-squaretitotal@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agothat time the rationalists decided that I, personally, was why anyone called them a "cult", and not, say, anything they said or did themselvesplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square4 fedilinkarrow-up111
arrow-up111external-linkthat time the rationalists decided that I, personally, was why anyone called them a "cult", and not, say, anything they said or did themselvesplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square4 Commentsfedilink
gerikson@awful.systems • 1 year agoIt's a tragedy that I cannot explore my fascination with white supremacy using Chat-GPT4plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up112
arrow-up112external-linkIt's a tragedy that I cannot explore my fascination with white supremacy using Chat-GPT4plus-squaregerikson@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
BrickedKeyboard@awful.systems • edit-21 year agoI am extremely curious what the general take around here is on the Singulairtyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square125 fedilinkarrow-up111
arrow-up111message-squareI am extremely curious what the general take around here is on the Singulairtyplus-squareBrickedKeyboard@awful.systems • edit-21 year agomessage-square125 Commentsfedilink
Evinceo@awful.systems • 1 year agoIn which Scott (other Scott) can't imagine why committing a crime would lead him to be treated (gasp) like a criminalplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square23 fedilinkarrow-up110
arrow-up110external-linkIn which Scott (other Scott) can't imagine why committing a crime would lead him to be treated (gasp) like a criminalplus-squareEvinceo@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square23 Commentsfedilink
saucerwizard@awful.systems • 1 year ago‘Before its too late buddy’: A Code Red Warning about TESCREALismplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-link‘Before its too late buddy’: A Code Red Warning about TESCREALismplus-squaresaucerwizard@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square21 Commentsfedilink
scruiser@awful.systems • 1 year agoSneerquence Classic: "Shut up and do the impossible!" (ironic in hindsight given the doomerism)plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square9 fedilinkarrow-up16
arrow-up16external-linkSneerquence Classic: "Shut up and do the impossible!" (ironic in hindsight given the doomerism)plus-squarescruiser@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square9 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoLessWrong classics: “A Bayesian superintelligence, hooked up to a webcam of a falling apple, would invent general relativity by the third frame”external-linkmessage-square26 fedilinkarrow-up113
arrow-up113external-linkLessWrong classics: “A Bayesian superintelligence, hooked up to a webcam of a falling apple, would invent general relativity by the third frame”David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square26 Commentsfedilink
ImperialFister05@awful.systems • 1 year agoI genuinely hate decision theory.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7 fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116message-squareI genuinely hate decision theory.plus-squareImperialFister05@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square7 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agothis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square28 fedilinkarrow-up117
arrow-up117external-linkthis year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrongplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square28 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoyou need way too much familiarity with the rationalist subculture to appreciate this one fully, but my goodness this moderation noticeexternal-linkmessage-square9 fedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-linkyou need way too much familiarity with the rationalist subculture to appreciate this one fully, but my goodness this moderation noticeDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square9 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoYudkowsky advises his fellow Effective Altruists to take the FTX money and run. For the sake of charity, you understand.plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114external-linkYudkowsky advises his fellow Effective Altruists to take the FTX money and run. For the sake of charity, you understand.plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoi guess sneerclub must just hate understanding things. yes, that must be it.plus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square23 fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linki guess sneerclub must just hate understanding things. yes, that must be it.plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square23 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoGrimes sitting there with two phones trying for 200 likesexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkGrimes sitting there with two phones trying for 200 likesDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
saucerwizard@awful.systems • 1 year agoYud goes full seed oil-istexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up113
arrow-up113external-linkYud goes full seed oil-istsaucerwizard@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agoI haven't seen people wilfully misunderstand all possible criticism of them so hard since the last time rationalists hit the headlines, with Scott Alexanderplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up123
arrow-up123external-linkI haven't seen people wilfully misunderstand all possible criticism of them so hard since the last time rationalists hit the headlines, with Scott Alexanderplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM • 1 year agomessage-square29 Commentsfedilink
Phil@awful.systems • 1 year agoIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindleplus-squareexternal-linkmessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up150
arrow-up150external-linkIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindleplus-squarePhil@awful.systems • 1 year agomessage-square34 Commentsfedilink