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"Sam Altman is one of the dullest, most incurious and least creative people to walk this earth." (deadsimpletech.com)
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[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

Petition to replace "motte and bailey" per the Batman clause with "lying like a dipshit".

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago

Isn't this a case of 'the good bits are not original and the original bits are not good'. According to wikipedia it is from 2005.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

various forms of equivocation

[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't see what useful information the motte and bailey lingo actually conveys that equivocation and deception and bait-and-switch didn't. And I distrust any turn of phrase popularized in the LessWrong-o-sphere. If they like it, what bad mental habits does it appeal to?

The original coiner appears to be in with the brain-freezing crowd. He's written about the game theory of "braving the woke mob" for a Tory rag.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

I fucking love how goddamn structured kym is ito semiotics and symbolism

it's an amazing confluence that might not have happened if persons unknown didn't care, but they did. and thus we have it! phenomenal

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