Comment by check_the_logs_for_my_IP on My Naturalistic Awakening · 2008-09-25T15:50:37.000Z · LW · GW

I guess these "how stupid I have been" posts are a welcome change to the "how smart I am" posts.

They're just another variation on that theme. The underlying assumption is that we can learn more from Eliezer's old mistakes, than from anyone else's current thinking.