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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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What does the word troll mean when in comparison to the word kook?
What does the word troll mean when in comparison to the word kook?
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These are offered here to demonstrate, by analogy, Clarke's meaning of the phrase "sufficiently advanced".
Any sufficiently advanced benevolence may be indistinguishable from malevolence. (referring to artificial intelligence)
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. (Grey's law)
Any sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a genuine kook. (Poe's law)
Context:
These are offered here to demonstrate, by analogy, Clarke's meaning of the phrase "sufficiently advanced".
Any sufficiently advanced benevolence may be indistinguishable from malevolence. (referring to artificial intelligence)
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. (Grey's law)
Any sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a genuine kook. (Poe's law)
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In a context like this, a troll is someone who deliberately stirs up trouble on an internet forum. A kook is someone who is crazy, usually in the sense that they have illogical beliefs or opinions. If a troll is sufficiently clever, he or she will submit posts such that readers will not know whether they are intending to cause trouble, or if they are just nutty.
- In a context like this, a troll is someone who deliberately stirs up trouble on an internet forum.
- A kook is someone who is crazy, usually in the sense that they have illogical beliefs or opinions.
- If a troll is sufficiently clever, he or she will submit posts such that readers will not know whether they are intending to cause trouble, or if they are just nutty.
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In a context like this, a troll is someone who deliberately stirs up trouble on an internet forum. A kook is someone who is crazy, usually in the sense that they have illogical beliefs or opinions. If a troll is sufficiently clever, he or she will submit posts such that readers will not know whether they are intending to cause trouble, or if they are just nutty.
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