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"Sam Altman is one of the dullest, most incurious and least creative people to walk this earth."
(deadsimpletech.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2024
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actually you know what? with all the motte and baileying, you can take a month off. bye!
Petition to replace "motte and bailey" per the Batman clause with "lying like a dipshit".
Isn't this a case of 'the good bits are not original and the original bits are not good'. According to wikipedia it is from 2005.
various forms of equivocation
I don't see what useful information the motte and bailey lingo actually conveys that equivocation and deception and bait-and-switch didn't. And I distrust any turn of phrase popularized in the LessWrong-o-sphere. If they like it, what bad mental habits does it appeal to?
The original coiner appears to be in with the brain-freezing crowd. He's written about the game theory of "braving the woke mob" for a Tory rag.