TheArtOfControversy . . . December 24, 2021, at 07:42 PM by achmizs: (:htoc start=2 end=2 :)(:toggle htoc_ul hide set=1 :)
IndustrialSocietyAndItsFuture . . . August 30, 2021, at 07:38 PM by achmizs: # When someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him (or about groups with whom he identifies) we conclude that he has inferiority feelings or low self-esteem. This tendency is pronounced among minority rights activists, whether or not they belong to the minority groups whose rights they defend. They are hypersensitive about the words used to designate minorities and about anything that is said concerning minorities. The terms “negro,” “oriental,” “handicapped” or “chick” for an African, an Asian, a disabled person or a woman originally had no derogatory connotation. “Broad” and “chick” were merely the feminine equivalents of “guy,” “dude” or “fellow.” The negative connotations have been attached to these terms by the activists themselves. Some animal rights activists have gone so far as to reject the word “pet” and insist on its replacement by “animal companion.” Leftish anthropologists go to great lengths to avoid saying anything about primitive peoples that could conceivably be interpreted as negative. They want to replace the {-world-} [word ''—Ed.''] “primitive” by “nonliterate.” They seem almost paranoid about anything that might suggest that any primitive culture is inferior to our own. (We do not mean to imply that primitive cultures ARE inferior to ours. We merely point out the hypersensitivity of leftish anthropologists.)
OnTheTarantulasNietzsche . . . August 26, 2020, at 01:19 AM by achmizs: line-height: 1.4; But thus I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. They are people of a low sort and stock; the hangman and the blood-hound look out of their faces. Mistrust all who talk much of their justice! Verily, their souls lack more than honey. And when they call themselves the good and the just, do not forget that they would be pharisees, if only they had—power.
WhatIsWrongWithOurThoughts . . . December 24, 2019, at 03:51 PM by achmizs: %right% Chapter 7 of [[https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wrongthoughts.html|David Stove]], ''The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies'' (Blackwell, 1991). An intrinsic archaeological contradiction is not a fact, purely and simply, that it is enough to state as a principle or explain as an effect. It is a complex phenomenon that is distributed over different levels of the discursive formation. Thus, for systematic Natural History and methodical Natural History, which were in constant opposition for a good part of the eighteenth century, one can recognize: an ''inadequation'' of the objects (in the one case one describes the general appearance of the plant; in the other certain predetermined variables; in the one case, one describes the totality of the plant, or at least its most important parts, in the other one describes a number of elements chosen arbitrarily for their taxonomic convenience; sometimes one takes account of the plant's different states of growth and maturity, at others one confines one's attention to a single moment, a stage of optimum visibility); a ''divergence'' of enunciative modalities (in the case of the systematic analysis of plants, one applies a rigorous perceptual and linguistic code, and in accordance with a constant scale; for methodical But, of course, they never did succeed in making out just ''what'' logical relation that is, and the story of their successive attempts to do so forms a justly famous episode of black comedy in twentieth-century philosophy. But even if they had succeeded in this, or even if anyone else had succeeded in it since (as no one has), it would help with few, if any, of the propositions listed above. It ''might'' help with proposition (3), for example, and was, of course, at least ''intended'' to deal with things like (3). But it would not help at all with the grotesque (8), for example; or even with the sordid (13) (which is one of the few slum-dwellers that I have let in). According to Positivism, the only way a proposition about ''numbers'' could go wrong, apart from being contingently false like (1), is by being self-contradictory. But there is nothing self-contradictory about (8), or (13), or about any item on my list, except (2). [^#2 ''Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy'', trans. E. S. Haldane and F. H. Simson (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 3 vols, 1892-6), vol. 111, p. 550.^]
GygaxianAlignment . . . September 10, 2019, at 06:54 PM by achmizs: Each of these cases for alignment is, of course, stated rather simplistically and ideally, for philosophical and moral reasonings are completely subjective according to the acculturation of the individual. You, as Dungeon Master, must establish the meanings and boundaries of law and order as opposed to chaos and anarchy, as well as the divisions between right and good as opposed to hurtful and evil. Lawful societies will tend to be highly structured, rigid, well-policed and bureaucratic hierarchical. Class, rank, position,and precedence will be important, so they will be strictly defined and adhered to. On the other hand, chaotic areas will have little government and few social distinctions. The governed will give their consent to government, acknowledging leaders as equals serving those who allowed them to assume leadership. Obedience and service in a chaotic society is given only by those desiring to do so, or by dint of some persuasion, never by requirement.
TheTragedyOfLeonidBrezhnevPrinceOfMuscovy . . . July 27, 2019, at 09:19 PM by achmizs: ‘This is wonderful,’ San Ok said at last, to enthusiastic nods. ‘With this Eighty-Seven Production Brigade will make fortune in entertainment. This will be viewed in many habitats.’
FunTheorySequenceIndex . . . October 29, 2018, at 11:28 AM by achmizs: (Original at [[https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_Fun_Theory_Sequence]]. This sequence is ''not'' part of ''[[https://www.readthesequences.com | Rationality: From AI to Zombies]]''.)
LessWrongSequences . . . October 29, 2018, at 09:33 AM by achmizs: !! Fun Theory Sequence * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/ | The Fun Theory Sequence]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/wv/prolegomena_to_a_theory_of_fun/ | Prolegomena to a Theory of Fun]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/ww/high_challenge/ | High Challenge]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/wx/complex_novelty/ | Complex Novelty]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/xk/continuous_improvement/ | Continuous Improvement]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/wy/sensual_experience/ | Sensual Experience]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/wz/living_by_your_own_strength/ | Living By Your Own Strength]] * [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/lw/xb/free_to_optimize/ | Free to Optimize]]
JordanSSCTalk . . . October 11, 2018, at 09:28 PM by achmizs: %explanation% See the ''Less Wrong'' post '''[[https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/zNLuZM9nLqcR8BnZd/ask-us-anything-submit-questions-asking-about-what-we-think | Ask Us Anything: Submit Questions Asking About What We Think SSC is Wrong About, and Why]]''' for information about this video.
LessWrongLinkPostArchive . . . September 08, 2018, at 01:19 AM by achmizs: This page provides [[(http://)archive.is#noarchive]] links to all targets of [[http://www.greaterwrong.com/#noarchive | Less Wrong]] front page posts link posts.
LessWrongArchive . . . September 08, 2018, at 01:17 AM by achmizs: (:scrapelinks "https://www.greaterwrong.com/" "#content" href="/^https?:\/\/(?!www\.lesswrong\.com)/" text="" fmt="* [[$1]]\n" :)
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MisterTvister . . . April 21, 2018, at 02:07 AM by achmizs: 1 Дыша. 7 Мистер Твистер, Бывший министр, Мистер
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LW2ModeratorChat1 . . . September 28, 2017, at 09:54 PM by achmizs: E Hi Said, The mod team has talked about it, and we're going to insist you comment with the same level of tact you showed while talking with me. If that makes it not worth your while to comment on the new LW that's regrettable and we hope someday the quality makes it worth your while to come back on these terms, but we understand and there are no hard feelings. S Alright, thanks for letting me know E you're welcome
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