Aaron Bergman's tweets, January 2022
Every public tweet, reply, quote tweet and retweet that Aaron Bergman (@AaronBergman18 on X, formerly Twitter) posted in January 2022 and has not deleted: 21 posts, oldest first, times in UTC. Each heading links to the original post on X. When Aaron replies to or quotes someone, their tweet appears as a blockquote with their name; those words are theirs, and everything outside the blockquotes is Aaron's.
This page is one month of the complete archive of Aaron Bergman's tweets, which updates automatically every few hours. Previous month: December 2021. Next month: February 2022.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Reply, 19:31 UTC · 2 likes
First time I might be right in the middle!
Monday, January 10, 2022
Reply to @LuiseWoehlke, 22:53 UTC · 1 like
Luise Woehlke (@LuiseWoehlke): @andzuck1 @AaronBergman18 @NonMurkyConsqnc Yeehaw 🤠
Who said a philosophy degree didn’t pay the bills 😤
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Reply, 09:41 UTC · 1 like
Ooh I’ve facilitated a few EA intro fellowships and am pretty sure I’m on the disagreeable/contrarian end of the spectrum. One think I think works well is explicitly telling everyone that respectfully playing devils advocate and the like (while noting that’s what you’re doing)…
Thread, continued, 09:48 UTC · 1 like
And be the change you want to see! If someone makes a point that seems confused or mistaken, explain why you disagree (respectfully and politely obv)
Reply, 16:40 UTC · 1 like
It’s not at all clear to me why we should intrinsically value biodiversity
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Reply to @JEverettLearned, 00:57 UTC · 1 like
Joseph Everett (WIL) (@JEverettLearned): #eatgoodfat
When picking your fats to eat, you want to avoid polyunsaturated fats (in orange) All fats do have *some* PUFA, that’s natural, you just want to minimize it. Saturated fat is the most oxidation resistant fatty acid, and monounsaturated comes next.
Source for the 80% figure?
Reply to @nosilverv, 02:48 UTC · 3 likes
Guy (@nosilverv): Are wordcels kiki or bouba? Are shape rotators kiki or bouba?
These👏axes👏are👏orthogonal
Reply to @lxrjl, 11:56 UTC · 2 likes
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🦌
Reply to @Kirsten3531, 12:46 UTC · 2 likes
Kirsten (@Kirsten3531): @lxrjl @AaronBergman18 I think it's an ELK
That was the goal lmao but it’s technically a deer. Was hoping no one would tell the difference
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Reply to @5f31c0, 02:57 UTC
@5f31c0@mastodon.social (@5f31c0): So, my problem is, all three of these seem like they have to be true, but only two can be true at the same time:
1. Qualia is real, and not reducible to computation
2. The universe is purely computational
3. Qualia must have causal efficacy to qualia reports
I’d guess 3 is wrong. Qualia more likely the “intrinsic” side of causally-efficacious processes, but the qualia themselves need not have any causal power.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Reply to @depthsofwiki, 00:15 UTC · 6 likes
depths of wikipedia! (@depthsofwiki):
Based
Reply to @pkedrosky, 19:13 UTC · 2 likes
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What’s the explanation here?
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Reply to @frances__lorenz, 17:52 UTC · 2 likes
(The tweet being replied to by @frances__lorenz is no longer available.)
80k career advisor perhaps?
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Reply to @cheafofstaff, 00:58 UTC · 2 likes
Chief of Staff (@cheafofstaff): Best CTO is tardwrangler wordchad not shape rotator few understand
I have absolutely no idea what this means
Reply to @CNLiberalism, 19:42 UTC · 15 likes
New Liberals (@CNLiberalism): This but unironically
(quoting @greg_price11: )
It’s almost like Mexico isn’t trying to annex the US🤔
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Reply to @AmandaAskell, 08:06 UTC · 2 likes
Amanda Askell (@AmandaAskell): I sometimes worry that the world’s best minds are hooked on what are essentially glorified crossword puzzles, since the interestingness of problems scales with features not very correlated with their importance. If there’s not a term for such problems, maybe “intelligence traps”?
Most pure math beyond ~linear algebra, I think
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Reply to @algekalipso, 18:56 UTC · 3 likes
Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson (@algekalipso): Latest attempt at recreating a rose's scent from scratch.
N7 is a descent "rose character impact without flavor" accord.
4 Phenylethylalcohol
4 Fructone
1 Citronellol
3 Floralol
2 Geranyl Acetate
1 Peonile
1 Zenolide
48 EthanolN9 works as a sweet rose with apple nuances 🌹🍏
Ah yes, brute force de novo scent emulation, the great American pastime
Reply to @jtmonrad, 23:09 UTC · 4 likes
Joshua Teperowski Monrad (@jtmonrad): For @FHIOxford, I had 2 tests & an interview, didn’t receive feedback on either. (Successful app)
For @open_phil, I had 2 tests & 3 interviews, received some verbal feedback on my overall candidacy (unsuccessful app). Btw, they compensated $ for tests.
OpenPhil ‘rejected after multiple work samples and interviews’ gang…all of us should team up and form a B team called TranslucentPhil
Reply to @EAheadlines, 23:11 UTC · 4 likes
EA Lifestyles (@EAheadlines): @AaronBergman18 @jtmonrad @FHIOxford @open_phil Aaron did you get any feedback?
Not on the work samples above and beyond getting invited back after the first and rejected after the second. Pay was nice though
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Reply to @Aella_Girl, 07:38 UTC
Aella (@Aella_Girl): Here we goooooo
The juxtaposition of the two 🎃 answers is absolutely hilarious
Monday, January 31, 2022
Reply to @ctjlewis, 20:18 UTC · 2 likes
Lewis 🇺🇸 (@ctjlewis): never been an easier question to answer. it’s crypto
Nah, @SBF_FTX makes up for everyone else
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