https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KmghfjH6RgXvoKruJ/hand-vs-fingers
+genetic heuristic and progressivism
I don't _care_ if the blatantly-misleading statements were carefully worded to permit a true interpretation such that they're not technically "lying."
If the explanation that predicts your observations makes you unhappy, then the explanation—and the unhappiness—are functioning as designed.
fitness subs: https://np.reddit.com/r/GCdebatesQT/comments/et231b/qt_what_good_reason_is_there_to_allow_tw_to_post/
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+Discord arguments get _very_ repetitive; I wish there was a way to make progress and move on rather than having to keep yelling.
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+my Culture War struggle is actually structurally similar to AI alignment: the economy/social-justice provides vast riches in the process of eating your soul. (I can have my hair long, I can get HRT and surgeries—but at the cost of not being able to explain why.)
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+sneaking a copy of MTIMB into the MIRI library after visiting Eliezer (Jessica was outside), because it was what Harry would do (but notably, not Hermione)
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+playing chess with a pigeon, what the tortise said to Achilles
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+[Discord comment about creating a space where no one questions whether someone deserves real woman status]
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+The "national borders" metaphor is particularly galling if—[unlike](https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/31/the-parable-of-the-talents/) [Arthur Blair](https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/30/the-lottery-of-fascinations/)—you _actually know the math_.