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I got the same impression. Even though it's couched in "respectful language", they really went out of their way to cover the half-dozen or so most cringe-worthy
by greenshackle2 6y ago
I got the same impression. Even though it's couched in "respectful language", they really went out of their way to cover the half-dozen or so most cringe-worthy controversies to ever come out of SSC or SSC-adjacent spaces, whether it's relevant at all or not to the (very tenuous) point of the article.
Like, you really have to bring up Roko's basilisk? What is the point, besides "look at how silly these Silicon Valley types are"? They present it like a central example of "Grey Tribe" discourse, when it's pretty fringe, even by LessWrong standards.
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- analyte123 6y agoIt’s not that fringe, given the Elon Musk/Grimes connection: https://pagesix.com/2018/05/07/elon-musk-quietly-dating-musician-grimes/ https://pagesix.com/2018/05/07/elon-musk-quietly-dating-musi... But you’re right it’s not part of the “discourse” except mostly as a joke.
- greenshackle2 6y agoWell, you're right, it's not fringe in the sense that no one knows about it, everyone has known about it for half a decade - taking it seriously is fringe.
- thu2111 6y agoI wouldn't say everyone knows about it. In fact one of the most baffling and stupid aspects of the Basilisk is the strong belief it propagates that nobody should talk about the Basilisk.
- greenshackle2 6y ago> the strong belief it propagates that nobody should talk about the Basilisk Looks like it didn't propagate very well. I'm a few degrees removed from the "rationalist community" and I heard about it years ago. Yudkowsky tried to prevent people from talking about it, which predictably backfired. The LessWrong wiki has an entry on the whole thing.