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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 24 Dec 2017

    Look, I understand why you want Legolas and Gimli to be a couple. But we can be fairly sure that Tolkien only meant for them to be deep, true friends. And if you *insist* they got married, you are reinforcing the rule that only gay or bi men get to have deep friendships.

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      2. Utility Monster Girl‏ @Tipsycaek 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        as long as they still smooch

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      3. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Tipsycaek

        ~ This Diploma Certifies That Its Bearer ~ ~ Is Part Of The Problem ~

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Ben Goodman‏ @benpgoodman 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky @Tipsycaek

        Okay, what if we redefine the boundaries of acceptable platonic affection to include kissing?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Utility Monster Girl‏ @Tipsycaek 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @benpgoodman @ESYudkowsky

        Utility Monster Girl Retweeted Dan Cassaro

        good and correcthttps://twitter.com/dan_cassaro/status/944227994566103040 …

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        Dan Cassaro @Dan_Cassaro
        Thread of Bruce and Clarence kissing (they did it at every show). Mute as needed. pic.twitter.com/cDGPiPLjRP
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      2. William Russell‏ @Pluvialis 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        If there was no stigma against being gay or bi, that wouldn't be a concern.

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      3. Leopold Tal G.‏ @leo_tdg 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Pluvialis @ESYudkowsky

        There's no stigma against being straight, but friendships between a man and a woman are harder because every idiot thinks you're a couple.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Alicorn‏ @luminousalicorn 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Okay, Gimli and Legolas can be friends, but you will pry Maitimo/Findekáno out of my cold dead hands.

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      1. Andrew Conway‏ @AndrewConway 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        It's like the question of 'confirmed bachelor' Bilbo Baggins being gay. The role models Tolkien had for confirmed bachelors in 1920s England were pretty much all gay. Bilbo was based on gays even if Tolkien didn't admit it.

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      1. Dan Tobias‏ @dantobias 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        You can headcanon whatever you want, regardless of the original author's wishes, but it's folly to expect everybody else to go along with you.

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      1. Eduardo Valle‏ @DrEAVJr 24 Dec 2017
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        Death of the author, my dear, what Tolkien meant is just another point of view. We fans will keep shipping. 🙃

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      1. Putnam‏ @Putnam3145 24 Dec 2017
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        is that last sentence, like, making fun of something or what, it feels vaguely familiar and annoying but i don't know why

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      1. John Ioannidis‏ @marabou 24 Dec 2017
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        Besides, Legolas and Gimli would make a terrible couple:)

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      2. keith woolcock‏ @keithwoolcock 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Any adult reading Tolkien probably thinks that Peter Thiel is an intellectual

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      3. Faun of Foggy Hollow‏ @makoConstruct 24 Dec 2017
        Replying to @keithwoolcock @ESYudkowsky

        Hmm. Do you have a set of objective criteria for distinguishing True Intellectuals from mere knowledge workers? I've been looking for one.

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