Comment by VeryPeeved on Rationalization · 2024-08-22T16:36:25.049Z · LW · GW

Calling it "Rationalization" is just another instance of a proud tradition of referring to antonyms by almost identical words (hypothermia vs hyperthermia) for some fucking reason.

Comment by VeryPeeved on Rational vs. Scientific Ev-Psych · 2024-06-08T06:37:43.828Z · LW · GW

"He is frozen, waiting for the ketchup to come into sight." might just be the funniest sentence I've seen on this website so far.

Comment by VeryPeeved on Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence · 2024-05-29T03:12:51.055Z · LW · GW

"If a hundred inventors fail to build flying machines using metal and wood and canvas, it doesn’t imply that what you really need is a flying machine of bone and flesh."

Although we do, because that would be awesome.

Comment by VeryPeeved on Initiation Ceremony · 2020-11-19T02:55:49.337Z · LW · GW

ah, i see the problem. they only specified the proportion of humans are female.