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slatestarscratchpad:

Okay, we’re having too many collisions here, so here’s the updated Official Rationalist Tumblr Argument Schedule. Please remember to stick to the schedule unless you’ve applied for special dispensation.

January: Is MIRI Effective?

February: Are We Bad People For Tolerating @severnayazemlya ?

March: Intelligence Explosion

April: Torture Vs. Dust Specks

May: Has Social Justice Gone Too Far? Or Possibly Not Far Enough?

June: Is IQ Real?

July: Utilitarianism-Related Grab Bag

August: Conservatives: Terrible People, Or Terrible People But We Shouldn’t Say So Explicitly And Should Pretend To Like Them?

September: Quantum Physics

October: Is Less Wrong A Cult?

November: N  E  O  T  E  N  Y

December: IDK, Probably Moldbug Or Something

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    Well, they do have a meta-level narrative about being new,different and better than everyone else.
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    I’m “Has Social Justice Gone Too Far? Or Possibly Not Far Enough?“
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