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Ours is the era of inadequate AI alignment theory. Any other facts about this era are relatively unimportant, but sometimes I tweet about them anyway.

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    Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 17 Dec 2017

    As an ex-Jew, I have a lot of questions about Christmas, like: - What are the permitted species for a Christmas tree? - How long before Christmas can you purchase a tree before it stops being a “Christmas tree”? - What are the minimum and maximum number of decorations? (1/82349)

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      2. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 17 Dec 2017

        - If no real tree is available, is it better to use a plastic tree or to have no tree that year? - At what age must a child participate in decorating the Christmas tree? - If two ornaments are connected by a string, does that count as one decoration or two decorations? (2/82349)

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      3. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 17 Dec 2017

        - If a child too young to read a clock is deceived by Christmas lights into thinking that dawn has come, and unwraps their present, is it permitted for the parent to rewrap the present in new paper and let the child unwrap it again, or must a new present be purchased? (3/82349)

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      2. Jeff Mason‏ @JeffJMason 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        1) It might vary by area, but Douglas firs, Fraser firs, and Canaan firs are common. 2) The day after Thanksgiving is often an opening day for tree farms 3) No max/min, just get good surface coverage without cluttering it up.

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      3. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @JeffJMason

        Yeah, but what minimum and maximum fraction of the tree may be visible through the ornaments in order to count as "good surface coverage" without "cluttering it up"? This is why Jews don't convert, you know!

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      4. Bridgett Kay‏ @bkkawaii 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky @JeffJMason

        There can never be too many ornaments. Some trees are made entirely of ornaments glued together. In fact, no one has ever had *enough* ornaments.

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      5. Victor Levoso‏ @VictorLevoso 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @bkkawaii @ESYudkowsky @JeffJMason

        And that's why parents have to buy presentes instead of Santa , he only visits houses that have trees with enough ornaments.And until we can make molecular ornamets in big enough cuantities that's imposible.

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      1. Jacob Lee‏ @arthurdenture 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        There's a whole joke about this, hilchos Christmas - http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1298/kringler1.asp …

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      1. Michael Handy‏ @Michaeljhandy 17 Dec 2017
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        Anything pine or pseudo pine. Basically, pointy trees. In the Antipodes, Pohutukawas, and similar summer flowering trees may be used, especially if live. November, not that it stops the supermarkets. Depends of the family, but somewhere between "Tasteless" and MOAR DAKKA"

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      1. max kesin‏ @nlpnyc 17 Dec 2017
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        - any tree is fine as long as it has needles no longer than 3 finger lengths on average - 2 lunar month if you’re outside of Babylon, 1 otherwise - 3-7 decorations per family member, family member being defined by the same laws as the 30 day mourning period

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      1. Leopold Tal G.‏ @leo_tdg 17 Dec 2017
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        You will like #hilchoschristmas. If the tree collapses due to weight of decorations before dinner, you must redecorate; during dinner, you're yotzei.

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      1. Tetraspace and Grouping‏ @TetraspaceAdmn 17 Dec 2017
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        Hard to answer; we’re genetically selected for innate knowledge because all those who failed were eaten by the Krampus

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      1. Jessamy Barker‏ @CaliforniaNewbi 17 Dec 2017
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        I like having an actual tree in my house and wish this were more acceptable year round.

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      1. Katie Jergens‏ @KatieJergens 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        1. Anything that resembles a pine tree. 2. Any time after Thanksgiving is acceptable. Before Halloween is ridiculous but still counts. 3. At least put a star on top. There is no maximum.

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      1. Liberal Satan Worshiper‏ @ujllojllo 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Anecdotal evidence: we used a palm tree, and everyone I knew had a fake tree or used whatever plant they had in their house. Coolest I remember was a Christmas pineapple tree. Pines are rare were I grew up.

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      1. Paavo Ojala‏ @popojala 17 Dec 2017
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        In Finland: only spruce. It's called christmas spruce. Christmas spruce is brought inside early Christmas eve morning. Minimum amount of decorations is too much.

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      1. (((Joshua Ishal)))‏ @DentalJosh 17 Dec 2017
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        Shut up and light your chanukiah before the marketplace empties.

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      1. Brian  🇲🇽 🇮🇱‏ @SpeakingBee 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        All the answers you need:https://youtu.be/BpCc_86yf6s?t=7s …

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      1. defoggr‏ @defoggr 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Unless you're joking, it sounds as though you're expecting other religions to have a "federal tax code"-style body of regulations like Judaism, with rabbi/God as clever accountant/auditor or lawyer/judge. As an ex-Christian I assure you their rules could be written on a postcard

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      1. Трофим Ушаков‏ @UTB1988 17 Dec 2017
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        Look for "Adam ruins x-mas". I'm sure that you will add some new questions to your list.

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      1. Noah Topper‏ @NoahTopper 17 Dec 2017
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        -Anything evergreen? -Never -Most if it is about getting an even distribution. Somewhere around half the green should be covered, I'd say. At least one-fifth and no more than four-fifths?

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