The fact that Yudkowsky had been replying to me at length—explaining why my literary criticism was nuts, but in a way that respected my humanity and expected me to be able to hear it—implied that I was apparently in his "I can cheaply save him (from crazy people like Michael)" bucket, rather than the "AI timelines and therefore life is too short" bucket.]
-It was odd that Yudkowsky's reaction to my complaints was (verbatim!) "that's insane", rather than something more like, "OK, I totally see why you see this as a betrayal, but unfortunately for you, I don't actually consider myself bound by what you thought I was promising."
+It was disappointing that Yudkowsky's reaction to my complaints was (verbatim!) "that's insane", rather than something more like, "OK, I totally see why you see this as a betrayal, but unfortunately for you, I don't actually consider myself bound by what you thought I was promising."
-[TODO: the story of a grant-making scientist]
+I gave a parable (along the lines of ["it's not the incentives; it's you"](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5nH5Qtax9ae8CQjZ9/tal-yarkoni-no-it-s-not-the-incentives-it-s-you) to illustrate the problem: a senior scientist publishes a paper with a conclusion favorable to an organization that gave his lab a grant. The scientist's faithful student points out a fatal flaw in the paper, and suggests publishing a retraction. The scientist says, "No, that would be bad for my career." The student gets angry. The scientist says, "You're supposed to not get angry at the people who didn't create those career incentives. That's insane. Your issue is with Moloch: the publish-or-perish incentives of grant-funded science. If you can't take that down, then don't blame others who can't do that, either."
-[TODO: I bait Lintamande into engagement]
+That is, blaming people who commit fraud (where an innocent mistake _becomes_ fraud if you refuse to acknowledge it after it's been pointed out) is _part_ of a strategy for defeating Moloch.
+
+[TODO: explain how this counters Moloch; I bait Lintamande into engagement]
[TODO: Linta says I'm impossible to talk to and the anticipation of my pouncing stiffles discussion. (I almost wonder if this is a good thing, from a _realpolitik_ perspective? I'd prefer to argue people out of bad ideas, but if the threat of an argument disincentivizes them from spreading ...? Game theory goes both ways—I've been self-censoring, too.)]
(Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
> MUGATU
-> The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_!
+> The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people!_
>
-> Doesn't anyone notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
+> Doesn't anyone _notice_ this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
>
> —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased)
marked TODO
-- fully off the rails 15–17 February [pt. 2]
-✓ Eliezerfic fight: Big Yud tests me [pt. 7]
-- Eliezerfic fight: grading rubric [pt. 7]
-_ Eliezerfic fight: derail with lintamande [pt. 7]
-_ Eliezerfic fight: knives, and showing myself out [pt. 7]
+_ Eliezerfic fight conclusion [pt. 7]
+_ Michael Vassar and the Theory of Optimal Gossip [pt. 4]
+
+_ psych ward [pt. 2]
- regrets, wasted time, conclusion [pt. 7]
_ plan to reach out to Rick [pt. 4]
_ Somni [pt. 4]
-_ Michael Vassar and the Theory of Optimal Gossip [pt. 4]
_ reaction to Ziz [pt. 4]
_ State of Steven [pt. 4]
_ culture off the rails; my warning points to Vaniver [pt. 4]
_ Dolphin War finish [pt. 6]
bigger blocks—
-_ the story of my Feb./Apr. 2017 recent madness [pt. 2]
+_ remaining Feb./Apr. 2017 recent madness [pt. 2]
_ "Lenore" psychiatric disaster [pt. 4]
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With internet available—
+_ Slate Star Codex on patient's rights being adversarial system
_ was the "People are better at taking care of each other than institutions!" thing in the morning of Feb 17?? KP visit log might confirm?
_ Kirutsugu spelling
_ out-of-patience lead-in Tweets
_ Free to Be You and Me
_ Thing of Things
_ when was Ozy "On AGP" published?
-_ Yudkowsky Tweet about identifying as a decision theorist
_ check meme theory links
_ "nonplussed"
-_ what was the timestamp of the aAL "moment of liberating clarity" post? Facebook version was Fri Oct 7 09:23:06 PDT 2016
_ "I begin to show an interest in programming, which might be the most obvious sign so far" (is this both versions of "not coming out" piece, or just the original?)
_ The Parable of the Honest Man and the Thing
_ Susan Fenimore Cooper
"Turns out that saying the word is just like wearing black robes"/"it's not the same as the thing it represents" (Fri Feb 17 14:40:48 PST 2017)
(Feb 16 2017 15:51:32)
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+
+https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1642908341327499264
+[re identifying as a "decision theorist"]
+> it's a place where it would be easiest to defend, to my own satisfaction, and without a sense that I was even slightly misleading anyone, that I made a big damn contribution on at least the PhD level.
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