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The origin of the term "scissor statement", for anyone interested - Scott Alexander writes some entertaining fiction: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort
by bobbiechen 7y ago
The origin of the term "scissor statement", for anyone interested - Scott Alexander writes some entertaining fiction: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/
- enriquto 7y agoI love this story! The thing is that these statements are easier to come by than the story assumes. You do not need deep learning for natural language processing. It is actually very easy: You just think about something which is clearly obvious, start saying it around, and find that many people think you are completely nuts or you are trolling them. When the percentage of people who think you are nuts approaches 50%, it means that you found a good scissor statement.