in which yud bets $150k (at 150:1 odds) that aliens don't exist - eviltoast

he takes a couple pages to explain why he know that sightings of UFOs aren’t alien because he can simply infer how superintelligent beings will operate + how advanced their technology is. he then undercuts his point by saying that he’s very uncertain about both of those things, but wraps it up nicely with an excessively wordy speech about how making big bets on your beliefs is the responsible way to be a thought leader. bravo

  • ogoftheskye@awful.systems
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    1 year ago

    Noob here. Finding the aesthetics of LW interesting. White, serif fonts… purity, beautiful rational authority.

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      1 year ago

      I forget how it used to look, but the current design falls into the Wikipedia uncanny valley for me, most likely on purpose