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Scott Aaronson blogged about the article: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5310 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5310 > Reading this article, some wi
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Scott Aaronson blogged about the article: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5310 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5310
> Reading this article, some will say that they told me so, or even that I was played for a fool. And yet I confess that, even with hindsight, I have no idea what I should have done differently, how it would’ve improved the outcome, or what I will do differently the next time. Was there some better, savvier way for me to help out? For each of the 14 points listed above, were I ever tempted to bang my head and say, “dammit, I wish I’d told Cade X, so his story could’ve reflected that perspective”—well, the truth of the matter is that I did tell him X! It’s just that I don’t get to decide which X’s make the final cut, or which ideological filter they’re passed through first.