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I don’t appreciate the many bad-faith assumptions made. in particular the assertion that I’m not from a “strong academic background”. For what it’s worth, I mad

I don’t appreciate the many bad-faith assumptions made. in particular the assertion that I’m not from a “strong academic background”. For what it’s worth, I made a mistake in a public forum, admitting to this twice. I’ve sought accurate versions of my response which no one provided. Nevertheless I have continued to educate myself on the subject and only feel more confident that I wasn’t misinformed to the degree you all indicated. You may not realize it but not everyone on the internet is nefarious and if you were to speak in this analytical way about say a classmate while they were in ear shot - that person would likely be quite upset.

natpalmer1776 3y ago
I take it all back. The comment I responded to appears to be both correct in assertion and implication.
- ShamelessC 3y ago
  Okay then. Best of luck with all of that. There’s a forum called LessWrong you would likely be interested in.
  - natpalmer1776 3y ago
    I'm not the biggest fan of LessWrong, I do however refer new developers who seem interested to the "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" sequences to help refine conscious development of rational thinking. Also, I absolutely loved the fanfic "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" written by the forum's creator. ** Edit ** And for the record, my comment wasn't intended to be an accurate depiction of you specifically, which honestly wasn't very effectively conveyed. It was to highlight a common 'type of person' who make authoritative statements on areas they're not 'experts' in, through no malice on their part, rather as a function of their default mode of behavior. As others who replied to me highlighted, there are at least two of these people in the world and I wanted others to at least be aware of their existence and point of view; the end goal of this being they might offer others the benefit of the doubt and perhaps some constructive feedback instead of unproductive criticism in similar exchanges. In essence, I thought other comments were being too hard on you and wanted to point out a potential scenario in which their critiques were at at best unproductive.

natpalmer1776 3y ago

I take it all back. The comment I responded to appears to be both correct in assertion and implication.

ShamelessC 3y ago
Okay then. Best of luck with all of that. There’s a forum called LessWrong you would likely be interested in.
- natpalmer1776 3y ago
  I'm not the biggest fan of LessWrong, I do however refer new developers who seem interested to the "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" sequences to help refine conscious development of rational thinking. Also, I absolutely loved the fanfic "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" written by the forum's creator. ** Edit ** And for the record, my comment wasn't intended to be an accurate depiction of you specifically, which honestly wasn't very effectively conveyed. It was to highlight a common 'type of person' who make authoritative statements on areas they're not 'experts' in, through no malice on their part, rather as a function of their default mode of behavior. As others who replied to me highlighted, there are at least two of these people in the world and I wanted others to at least be aware of their existence and point of view; the end goal of this being they might offer others the benefit of the doubt and perhaps some constructive feedback instead of unproductive criticism in similar exchanges. In essence, I thought other comments were being too hard on you and wanted to point out a potential scenario in which their critiques were at at best unproductive.