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"As always, pedophilia is not the same as ephebophilia." - Eliezer Yudkowsky, actual quote (www.lesswrong.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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I somehow missed this one until now. Apparently it was once mentioned in the comments on the old sneerclub but I don't think it got a proper post, and I think it deserves one.

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

tbh I don't think that's a good rephrasing by feynman.

I also don't think yud intended to claim that people don't like to hurt. I'm pretty sure what he meant is that people have a strong desire not to desire things fruitlessly, one that can outweigh EV considerations. still gibberish unless you have enough rationalist brain poisoning to take the assumptions behind "can outweigh EV considerations" seriously, which I don't

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's definitely a bad rephrasing. It's like trying to simplify E = MC² to "big boom". Like technically yes, matter can be converted into energy but that loses a lot in the rephrasing. It just sounds like he didn't understand the subject.

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