he takes a couple pages to explain why he know that sightings of UFOs aren’t alien because he can simply infer how superintelligent beings will operate + how advanced their technology is. he then undercuts his point by saying that he’s very uncertain about both of those things, but wraps it up nicely with an excessively wordy speech about how making big bets on your beliefs is the responsible way to be a thought leader. bravo

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    1 year ago

    lol i missed that in the thread

    expert overconfidence

    pretty sure it’s just regular overconfidence here. unless yud is claiming to be an expert on fucking aliens