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Started by Cramulus, January 22, 2010, 02:42:20 AM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Don Coyote on April 19, 2017, 11:06:36 PM
Quote from: Freeky on March 21, 2017, 03:36:19 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 21, 2017, 01:53:00 AM
Quote from: Freeky on March 20, 2017, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 20, 2017, 04:10:49 PM
In which we both look inexplicably young.


I see you two have been stealing souls for eternal youth, again.

Can you blame us? Souls are delicious.

I'm finding it difficult to argue with you, there.

Meanwhile, I'm suspecting I need to increase my daily intake of souls. It's not fair how good you too look. Salty looks younger than I did 5 years ago.

He is truly ageless.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 22, 2017, 03:57:16 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on April 19, 2017, 11:06:36 PM
Quote from: Freeky on March 21, 2017, 03:36:19 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 21, 2017, 01:53:00 AM
Quote from: Freeky on March 20, 2017, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 20, 2017, 04:10:49 PM
In which we both look inexplicably young.


I see you two have been stealing souls for eternal youth, again.

Can you blame us? Souls are delicious.

I'm finding it difficult to argue with you, there.

Meanwhile, I'm suspecting I need to increase my daily intake of souls. It's not fair how good you too look. Salty looks younger than I did 5 years ago.

He is truly ageless.

He...even looks younger than even a couple of years ago...hrm...is it worth the Curse of Portland for eternal youth...

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

The humidity and the lack of sun probably accounts for 99% of the fact that Portlanders are supposed to stay youthful-looking for longer.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO

Guess I found where my bubble ends. I totally thought more people at the Science March would recognize Bayes' Thorem. Oh, well.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: LMNO on April 23, 2017, 10:26:06 PM
Guess I found where my bubble ends. I totally thought more people at the Science March would recognize Bayes' Thorem. Oh, well.

I didn't recognize it and had to look it up. Is that from first term stats? Seems like a thing only economists would recognize off the cuff.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Looking good, by the way. The beard makes you look all mild-mannered and innocent. Have you lost weight?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO

That's what I meant about finding the limits of my bubble.  I've was caught up in the Less Wrong stuff a while back, and Bayes is heavily stressed.  I made the false assumptions that a) a lot of so-called "rationalists" would be at the march, and b) more science people in general would know the formula. 

Although, that means it would make a pretty cool tattoo someday.

And thanks!  I like the beard look too.  I certainly haven't lost weight, but I may appear less puffy because I'm getting high a lot more than getting drunk.

Junkenstein

Quote from: LMNO on April 25, 2017, 02:56:32 PM
That's what I meant about finding the limits of my bubble.  I've was caught up in the Less Wrong stuff a while back, and Bayes is heavily stressed.  I made the false assumptions that a) a lot of so-called "rationalists" would be at the march, and b) more science people in general would know the formula. 

Although, that means it would make a pretty cool tattoo someday.

And thanks!  I like the beard look too.  I certainly haven't lost weight, but I may appear less puffy because I'm getting high a lot more than getting drunk.

Rationalwiki may have the answer to this here.

QuoteThe content of LessWrong is occasionally articulate, innovative, and thoughtful. However, the community's focused demographic and narrow interests have also produced an insular culture that is heavy with its own peculiar jargon and established ideas - sometimes these ideas might benefit from a better grounding in reality.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LessWrong
Emphasis mine, but seems to be almost exactly what you're describing. The Finances and critisisms section are quietly damning too.

The page on Yudkowsky himself is also fucking hilarious.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky

QuoteIt is important to note that, as well as no training in his claimed field, Yudkowsky has pretty much no accomplishments of any sort to his credit beyond getting Peter Thiel to give him money.

Emphasis mine again. I'm sure we can all agree that Thiel is gaping asshole. Taking his money does come with significant implications.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

LMNO

Yeah, even if RationalWiki has a known hateboner for YK, he has become a sort of Nassim Taleb Black Swan thing, where at the beginning it's a really awesome tool/resource/concept, but after a while you have to kill your idol.

The old essays are still pretty great, though.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: LMNO on April 25, 2017, 02:56:32 PM
That's what I meant about finding the limits of my bubble.  I've was caught up in the Less Wrong stuff a while back, and Bayes is heavily stressed.  I made the false assumptions that a) a lot of so-called "rationalists" would be at the march, and b) more science people in general would know the formula. 

Although, that means it would make a pretty cool tattoo someday.

And thanks!  I like the beard look too.  I certainly haven't lost weight, but I may appear less puffy because I'm getting high a lot more than getting drunk.

Yeah, it makes a big difference in your face! You almost look weirdly younger, even with the gray in the beard. I too have been enjoying the benefits of more weed, less ethanol. I eat a lot more candy and chili cheese Fritos, but I have lost ten pounds anyway.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Cramulus

Sweet Beard, LMNO - it looks good on you

Cuddlefish

I'm here. I need an off-Facebook place to store all of my weird. Now that I'm a professional, that is.
A fisher of men, or a manner of fish?

Cuddlefish

A fisher of men, or a manner of fish?

Cramulus

Me and Enki, er, Rokko's Modern Basilisk, met in 3d! Here we are at a Larp in Milford CT this weekend.




P3nT4gR4m

Quote from: Cramulus on May 15, 2017, 02:44:09 PM
Me and Enki, er, Rokko's Modern Basilisk, met in 3d! Here we are at a Larp in Milford CT this weekend.





Holy fuck, Rokko is actually the ghost of Andy Kaufman  :eek:


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