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Well, Aaronson is also a leading quantum computing researcher, and Alexander is read by respected scholars, such as the psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker,
by cubefox 3y ago
Well, Aaronson is also a leading quantum computing researcher, and Alexander is read by respected scholars, such as the psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker, or the economist Bryan Caplan.
- Zetice 3y agoSo? That means nothing as to the quality or even topic of their blog content. Unless blogs started receiving peer review while I wasn't paying attention, there's likely a reason any given content lives there and not in an academic paper.
- cubefox 3y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36852187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36852187
- Zetice 3y agoWrong submission about attention.
- axiomaticdoubts 3y agoWell, yeah, blogs are not academic journals. And if a blog post disagrees with academic consensus, the academic consensus will be right the vast majority of the time. But this applies to all blogs on the internet, not only those on LessWrong.
- Zetice 3y agoThe issue is that LW, more than most, is seemingly unaware of this fact.
- h2odragon 3y ago"Quantum Computing" is a cult with commercial interests / investor scams. I'm even more cynical about the economists.
- cubefox 3y agoScott Aaronson has often called out inflated claims by quantum computer startups.
- klyrs 3y agoHe's been more of a quantum fanboy of late. He does still talk about obvious fraud, but he's largely uncritical of the bigger players' offerings. Likewise, he's on openAI's payroll; no hard-hitting critique to be found. His Busy Beaver content is top-notch, though. But when he shares his opinions on cancel culture, gender, etc.? He's just another blogger.