s/o to one of the comments basically saying that Scott is the Simone de Beauvoir of rationalism

Very off topic: The only plausible reason I’ve heard to be “nice” to LLMs/virtual assistants etc. is if you are being observed by a child or someone else impressionable. This is to model good behaviour if/when they ask someone a question or for help. But also you shouldn’t be using those things anyhoo.

yeah filing this under my "ok so you know you can just have kinks, right? like you don't need to intellectually justify your kink. Have you seen a therapist?" folder

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Thank you lord for this feast you have blessed me with.

Counterpoint: it’s not not a dating app

Here’s my cocktail suggestion:

50 Shades (Sam Bankman) Fried:

Ingredients:

• 50 different liquors/liqueurs, as many different densities and colours as possible

Equipment:

• Transparent cylindrical urn with spigot

Steps:

1. Sort the ingredients in decreasing order or liquid density.
2. Pour 1/50th of the container capacity of each liquid in order into container, slowly and carefully to retain layers.

(Do not actually make this)

Despite its title this isn't meant to be the best essay

Oh, thanks for clarifying, that was really hard to figure out. /s

IQ might be discredited, “g” is valid.

It also has "MBTI is pseudoscience, you should take this online Big 5 quiz instead" energy

Y'all have nailed how I felt reading this. You have this fellow who has constructed a cognitive process to self-harm at every juncture. Whenever there is an opportunity to believe in something that could bring them joy or closure etc., they head in the opposite direction because of some tenet they think is "correct" or "obvious" even though said tenet usually has a paper-thin justification. Davis is haunted by an Imp of the perverse; that imp is named Yudkowsky.

Reading this article just made me think “man these idiots need to go to therapy” and then as I thought about what to sneer about I realised “no therapist deserves to hear about P doom”

They originally wanted a place that had a motte (and bailey).

Broke: contemporary dentistry

Still broke: putting GM bacteria in your mouth to prevent cavities

Woke: examining your teeth for cavities before and after licking interesting objects found in nature and getting bonus nootropics out of it