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definitely time we started charging this person rent (www.lesswrong.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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[–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Also, bonus sneer points, developing weird terminology for everything, referring to Eliezer and Scott as the Caliphs of rationality.

ahaha, this was a joke inside the subculture, which Scott A even posted about - because Scott was posting a lot on Slate Star Codex and Eliezer wasn't really posting much at that time.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Right, its a joke, in the sense that the phrase "Caliph" started its usage in a non-serious fashion that got a chuckle, but the way Zack uses it, it really doesn't feel like a joke. It feels like the author genuinely wants Eliezer to act as the central source of authority and truth among the rationalists and thus Eliezer must not endorse the heresy of inclusive language or else it will mean their holy prophet has contradicted the holy scripture causing a paradox.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My "I am not a prophet, do not follow me, this is not a religion" shirt sure does get a lot of questions.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I am late to sneer culture. I read HPMOR back in the day and even visited LW and then forgot about it. EA (mosquito) was on my radar but since philanthropy is anyway a bandaid on societal problems I hadn't bothered. Until FTX crashed. I already knew crypto was a scam, but a scam that wraps itself in bad philosophy is more interesting.

    After a lot of old Twitter threads and Tumblr posts it finally clicked: They made the Harry Potter fanfic guy their prophet!

    Which is so stupid that it fits perfectly into our timeline.

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