[ExI] Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, Singularitarian Principles. Update?

[Richard Loosemore]

Aleksei Riikonen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Richard Loosemore <rpwl at lightlink.com> wrote:
>> Aleksei Riikonen wrote:
>>
>>> Might as well comment on Loosemore's mudslingings for a change...
>>>
>>> Richard Loosemore is himself one of the very few people who have ever
>>> been kicked out from SL4 (the vast majority of people who strongly
>>> disagree with e.g. Eliezer of course haven't been kicked out), and
>>> ever since he has been talking nasty about Eliezer.
>>>
>>> Apparently Loosemore's beliefs now include e.g. that the person
>>> calling himself "Singularity Utopia" would be felt by Eliezer to be a
>>> threat :)  In light of such statements, I invite people to make their
>>> own judgements on how clearheaded Loosemore manages to be when
>>> commenting on Eliezer.
>> I feel honored to have been one of the few people to have challenged
>> Yudkowsky's ignorance.  It gave me - and anyone else who was knowledgeable
>> enough to have understood what happened - a chance to see him for what he
>> was.
>>
>> Hey, I enjoy speaking the truth about the guy.  I do it partly because it is
>> fun to get sycophants like yourself riled up.   And, as long as that
>> outrageous, defamatory outburst of his is still online, and not withdrawn,
>> I'm afraid, Aleksei, that he is fair game.  ;-)
>>
>> "Singularity Utopia" is not, of course, a threat.  You are correct about
>> that:  my mistake.
>>
>> He only regards someone as a threat when he realizes that they are smarter
>> than he is, and when they have the moxy to talk about his state of undress
> 
> I also enjoy this message of yours, though there might not be much
> similarity in the reasons for our enjoyment.
> 
> Anyway, good luck to you in your future endeavours. I trust you feel
> that you are being a very serious, factual and successful person, and
> anticipate great things to come for you, since you see yourself as
> e.g. smarter than Eliezer.
> 
> (You might however want to pay a bit more attention to how prone you
> yourself are to defamatory outbursts. In your capacity for such
> behaviour you certainly seem superior to Eliezer.)

Aleksei,

You have no idea how entertaining it is to hear professionally qualified 
cognitive psychologists, complex systems theorists or philosophers of 
science commenting on Eliezer's level of competence in these areas.  Not 
many of them do, of course, because they can't be bothered.  But among 
the few who have actually taken the trouble, I am afraid the poor guy is 
generally scorned as a narcissistic, juvenile amateur.  :-(

And then, to hear the sycophantic noises made by certain individuals 
within the singularity community...   Oh dear.

Kind of embarrassing.






Richard Loosemore