Comment by btipling on An Outside View on Less Wrong's Advice · 2011-07-07T15:52:16.403Z · LW · GW

My perception of this advice is that it is general, and that it is the individual's responsibility to determine if in the context of their lives this advice will have more benefit than cost.

Comment by btipling on Privileged Snuff · 2010-01-24T18:20:50.996Z · LW · GW

Why wouldn't a black hole form because of a high energy particle collision?