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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 9mo ago with 21 replies received

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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,... 9mo ago received

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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.... 9mo ago received

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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... 9mo ago received

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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 ... 9mo ago received

It is true that much received

“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.... 9mo ago received

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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.... 9mo ago received

But anon isnt it mor received

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... 9mo ago received

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This is great. Thanks. 3mo ago received

This is great. Thank received