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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen May 7

      michael_nielsen Retweeted David Chapman

      A thought-provoking discussion of what rationality is, from @Meaningness, @juliagalef, @catherineols, and others. Much is unfortunately hard-to-find using Twitter's threading interface, but worth exploring.https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/993602725316186112 …

      michael_nielsen added,

      David Chapman @Meaningness
      Definition of “rationalism” from the Eggplant book draft. If you identify as a rationalist, I’m curious whether you find this accurate, and if not, why not? pic.twitter.com/2cvo7478fj
      3 replies 5 retweets 41 likes
      John Backus‏ @backus May 7
      Replying to @michael_nielsen @Meaningness and

      Yeah this threading is weird. Someone should make a chrome extension which renders the discussion like a reddit comment thread with infinite nesting.

      10:22 PM - 7 May 2018
      • 9 Likes
      • christopher lewis SpectralLights Content of Media Catherine Olsson Patrick Collison Julia Galef It's a Mia Mason Hartman 🏃🏻✂️ michael_nielsen
      2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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        2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen May 7
          Replying to @backus @Meaningness and

          That's be great, actually, Particularly if it was really compact (wide columns, relatively little whitespace etc).

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef May 7
          Replying to @michael_nielsen @backus and

          that would be fantastic

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 7
          Replying to @juliagalef @michael_nielsen and

          I hope so! I was expecting to finish it last year, and then a massive stupid family crisis fell out of the sky, and today’s the first day I’ve been able to work on it again since October :(

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef May 7
          Replying to @Meaningness @michael_nielsen and

          Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 7
          Replying to @juliagalef @michael_nielsen and

          Stuff happens :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Shaun Lebron‏ @shaunlebron May 8
          Replying to @Meaningness @juliagalef and

          treeverse lets you navigate the thread tree. hover over a node to see linear discussion on the right. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/treeverse/aahmjdadniahaicebomlagekkcnlcila …pic.twitter.com/6XFKj3nzOQ

          3 replies 2 retweets 24 likes
        8. John Backus‏ @backus May 8
          Replying to @shaunlebron @Meaningness and

          Wow great share, thanks! I read a few threads last night as they popped up in my feed and thought I saw most of it. I had no idea how much I was missing. I probably read 40% Image is the fully expanded tree as of nowpic.twitter.com/2U7SiuOwUb

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        9. Catherine Olsson‏ @catherineols May 8
          Replying to @backus @shaunlebron and

          What's amazing to me about seeing this full tree is that at the time that it was happening I *felt* like I knew where I was in the entire structure, even when my replies branched off earlier parts of the trunk. This may be an illusion, like that one's peripheral vision is clear.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. It's a Mia‏ @UnicodeTBD May 7
          Replying to @backus @michael_nielsen and

          I was imagining a big tree, but I like your idea better. Twitter's API is a bit challenging to work with (permissions, especially), but you might be onto something re:directly editing the client display code for twitter's website itself.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 7
          Replying to @UnicodeTBD @backus and

          Please someone do this!!

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. It's a Mia‏ @UnicodeTBD May 7
          Replying to @Meaningness @backus and

          Okay, so a quick jump into the HTML suggests that it will not be easy. Twitter loads each part of the conversation as you ask for it, so it's not just a case of displaying data in a different manner. You actually have to ask twitter for the tweets you want.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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