Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, "Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people."
Eliezer YudkowskyIf the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to believe it is cool.
Eliezer YudkowskyIf cryonics were a scam it would have far better marketing and be far more popular.
Eliezer YudkowskySingularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.
Eliezer YudkowskyRationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use.
Eliezer YudkowskyPhysiologically adult humans are not meant to spend an additional 10 years in a school system; their brains map that onto "I have been assigned low tribal status". And so, of course, they plot rebellion - accuse the existing tribal overlords of corruption plot, perhaps to split off their own little tribe in the savanna, not realizing that this is impossible in the Modern World.
Eliezer Yudkowsky