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Well, 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.
by greenshackle2 6y ago
Well, 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.