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Interview with gwern

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308 points synthmeat | 4 comments | 14 Nov 24 08:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.469s | source
1. nprateem ◴[14 Nov 24 10:12 UTC] No.42134711[source]▶
How we're using confirmation bias to credit one out of 8 billion people with special skills.
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2. Matticus_Rex ◴[14 Nov 24 11:09 UTC] No.42135079[source]▶
New to the deeper internet? Just about anyone who has been aware of gwern for long comes to believe he's got some special skills, even if they disagree with him. He's a niche celebrity entirely for being insightful and interesting.
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3. nprateem ◴[14 Nov 24 15:52 UTC] No.42137431[source]▶
What's the Internet?
4. selfhoster11 ◴[14 Nov 24 18:46 UTC] No.42139653[source]▶
If nothing else, the tech used for Gwern's website is positively inspiring for knowledge organisation system geeks. It's really cool and unique.