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EY better to be criticized for being imprecise

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Out of all the things EY is wrong about, they[1] picked… p-zombies, decision theory and animal moral patienthood as central examples‽

Come on! There's so much better stuff

[1]: lesswrong.com/posts/TjyyngWFYv

Meditation practice *after* a retreat is much more important than before a retreat or at random times during the year

Oh boy time to develop strong opinions on forecast precision

I have developed strong opinions on forecast precision

Okay let's go home and do some fucking forecasting research or smth

Is current LW discussion more civil/interesting than Usenet discussion

This would also explain why for many people the main source of meaning in their lives is their job: it's the only place they create.

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Claim: It's well-known that in terms of long-term satisfaction, buying experiences>buying things, but probably the real hierarchy is making things≫buying experiences>buying things.

How about we bring back "methinks" instead of "imho"?

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They follow this up with another proposal, "move to hollywood and do fraud"

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