anon_fapu

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 8mo ago with 21 replies rationality ideology learning

Should You Hide Your

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,... 8mo ago

I think you are misr

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.... 8mo ago

I am of course delib

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... 8mo ago

A great many histori

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 ... 8mo ago

It is true that much

“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.... 8mo ago

“You are the average

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.... 8mo ago

But anon isnt it mor

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... 8mo ago

I don't believe ther

This is great. Thanks. 2mo ago

This is great. Thank