SneerClub

1072 readers

65 users here now

Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

See our twin at Reddit

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

LessWrong: video games > IQ tests (www.lesswrong.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Video games also have potential legal advantages over IQ tests for companies. You could argue that "we only hire people good at video games to get people who fit our corporate culture of liking video games" but that argument doesn't work as well for IQ tests.

yet again an original post title that self-sneers

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can test people with bigger problems, like remembering the units in Wargame Red Dragon

The fact that this "bigger problem" is rote memorization aside, it looks like there are a whopping 1700 units in that game. With names like M113A3 Super Dragon, CH46-C Phrog, or LVTP-7A1. Imagine some horrible dystopian future where you get to lock yourself up in your room for a couple months with an Anki deck trying to memorize as many Wargame: Red Dragon units as possible.

Your brain would probably be fried by the time you edge out the competition for your completely-non-Red-Dragon-related job.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hmmmmmm

https://www.reddit.com/r/wargame/comments/86ohj3/why_is_wargame_chat_full_of_nazis/

I was inspired to search "wargame red thunder forums racism" by this though-provoking post, which I got from somewhere (here? search gives me nothing)

https://kotaku.com/the-struggle-over-gamers-who-use-mods-to-create-racist-1826606138