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		mitthrowaway2 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guess I'm a rationalist now That's specific to Yudkowsky, and I think that's just supposed to be humor. A lot of people find mathematics very dry. He likes to dress it up as "what if we pretend math is some secret revered knowledge?".

smitty1110 41 days ago | [–]

The best jokes all have a kernel of truth at their core, but I think a lot of Yudkowsky's acolytes missed the punch line.

jrm4 42 days ago | [–]

Yeah but these feels like "more truth is said in jest etc etc"

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