Should You Hide Your Power Level? It's common in radical chan-derived internet circles to speak of "hiding your power level", meaning not letting the normies know just how much anime you watch, or just how nuanced your opinions of Hitler are. Its a sort of necessity to keep the tradition a... posted 7mo ago with 21 replies (collapse hidden) 2121 Should You Hide Your (view hidden) 2121 I think you are misreading your analogy to Newcomb's paradox. It seems to CDT cultists *at first* that the one-boxers are doing something pragmatically irrational, but that is because CDT is actually wrong. The correct answer isn't pragmatic irrationality,... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 88 I think you are misr (view hidden) 88 I am of course deliberately invoking the *chan tradition by using such language. It’s a choice. When i write or speak in other contexts, i hide that particular power level. But it does not reveal all. ... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 1111 I am of course delib (view hidden) 1111 A great many historical figures did a great deal of writing and speaking, not all of it published. Napoleon, for example, was great partially because of how prolific he was (in letters and orders). Of course there are other kinds of greatness than greatnes... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 44 A great many histori (view hidden) 44 It is true that much evidence only falls into place once you're looking for it, even if you're sticking with strict Bayesian rules of evidence. This is one of the reasons it's hard to evaluate between worldviews. But nonetheless you can give a worldview a ... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 33 It is true that much (view hidden) 33 “You are the average of your five closest friends” generalized to following whatever seems to be the fashion of the people you perceive to be successful. ... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 33 “You are the average (view hidden) 33 But anon isnt it more fun to just say shocking things to the normies and refuse to elaborate? In seriousness though your strategy is probably the right one and its what i do too. ... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 77 But anon isnt it mor (view hidden) 77 I don't believe there is any such claim. I suppose if I had some exotic superhuman being threatening me to change one little belief I might consider it, but then I would suspect it was just messing with me or trying to disable me cheaply. But it's a moot p... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) 55 I don't believe ther (view hidden) 55 This is great. Thanks. 1w ago (collapse hidden) 55 This is great. Thank (view hidden) 55