← Back to context Comment by andrewflnr 1 year ago Who said a hypothesis is automatically credible? Not me. 16 comments andrewflnr Reply MichaelZuo 1 year ago If they’re not credible… then why would any one care…?Readers are just going to assume it’s random noise, or at least indistinguishable from noise, from a rando on the internet. andrewflnr 1 year ago That's equally true of all internet comments. None of us here on HN have or are claiming automatic credibility. We just make arguments that make sense to us. Feel free to close the tab if you don't find any value in this activity. MichaelZuo 1 year ago So then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”?Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few. 13 replies →
MichaelZuo 1 year ago If they’re not credible… then why would any one care…?Readers are just going to assume it’s random noise, or at least indistinguishable from noise, from a rando on the internet. andrewflnr 1 year ago That's equally true of all internet comments. None of us here on HN have or are claiming automatic credibility. We just make arguments that make sense to us. Feel free to close the tab if you don't find any value in this activity. MichaelZuo 1 year ago So then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”?Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few. 13 replies →
andrewflnr 1 year ago That's equally true of all internet comments. None of us here on HN have or are claiming automatic credibility. We just make arguments that make sense to us. Feel free to close the tab if you don't find any value in this activity. MichaelZuo 1 year ago So then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”?Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few. 13 replies →
MichaelZuo 1 year ago So then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”?Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few. 13 replies →
If they’re not credible… then why would any one care…?
Readers are just going to assume it’s random noise, or at least indistinguishable from noise, from a rando on the internet.
That's equally true of all internet comments. None of us here on HN have or are claiming automatic credibility. We just make arguments that make sense to us. Feel free to close the tab if you don't find any value in this activity.
So then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”?
Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few.
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