is "going meta" an approach or a running away
thinkning about this
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RT @CrisprChild
Why *are* post-rats and rats so scared of ever having an object level opinion. Isn't that the whole point? developing better meta systems to output better object level thoughts?
Is it just cowardice? give me an object, ill give you an opinion about it, I'm not scared.
https://twitter.com/CrisprChild/status/1360060556196077569
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RT @eigenrobot
so heres the beauty of layering whatever you believe under eighty layers of obfuscation and Ingroup cant
if your transparent you can be crucified for it
however if no one has any idea what your talking about and they can only cite your object level shit they have two choices
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1367447103039889411
wdyt about cowardice @eigenrobot
@amir see this is why I was only ever rat-adj. I have (and loudly voice) *many* object-level opinions, and can't derive *any* of them directly from theoretical arguments about the Solomonoff prior & what kind of aliens control it, so I was always Insufficiently Rational to consider myself a rat. Sure I could correctly calibrate my confidence levels, and never be more than 58% sure of anything _interesting_, but where's the fun in that?
(Don't get me wrong, I love the ratsphere. But still.)
is cowardice even something people believe in anymore