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by JonnieCache 3981 days ago
How many of those people were high-IQ timeshare experts though, with extensive knowledge of the potential for timeshares to destroy the entire universe?

You would think that the various self-knowledge and introspective exercises promoted by yudowsky would immunize people against simple timeshare-style persuasion. This is why I think he uses rationalism itself to trap people. Like someone said, the basilisk thing seemed pretty effective.