Gwern Branwen - Footnote 44
1 evidence check
Last checked: 4/3/2026
WRONG DATES: The claim mentions a 2023 LessWrong post and 2024 Hacker News discussions, but the provided source is a LessWrong 2.0 viewer page from 2012. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not mention anything about Gwern's behavior being defended by citing high karma and long community tenure. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not contain any Hacker News discussions characterizing Gwern as potentially 'gratuitously dickish'. MISLEADING PARAPHRASE: The source does contain a comment by Gwern on hallucinogens, but it does not dismiss concerns as inducing unwanted reality distortion in the way described in the claim. The comment is about the impact of psilocybin-induced hallucinations on theism. WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The source is a comment thread on LessWrong, not a post.
Evidence — 1 source, 1 check
Note: WRONG DATES: The claim mentions a 2023 LessWrong post and 2024 Hacker News discussions, but the provided source is a LessWrong 2.0 viewer page from 2012. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not mention anything about Gwern's behavior being defended by citing high karma and long community tenure. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not contain any Hacker News discussions characterizing Gwern as potentially 'gratuitously dickish'. MISLEADING PARAPHRASE: The source does contain a comment by Gwern on hallucinogens, but it does not dismiss concerns as inducing unwanted reality distortion in the way described in the claim. The comment is about the impact of psilocybin-induced hallucinations on theism. WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The source is a comment thread on LessWrong, not a post.
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