Note: At 11:59 PM on November 30th 2025, I was eating a banana in the basement of Aumann Hall (as you do), when I slipped on a banana peel (unrelated) and smashed head first into the Lighthaven Blogtech Mainframe (sponsored by Wordpress dot com).
To be clear, I very much don’t endorse the ideas in the post that parodies my writing.
While many smart people would want to bihack, if there was a safe and effective way to, many smart people would not! It’s fine to not want to want something, on reflection; it’s valid, and beautiful, that people have all sorts of aesthetic preferences.
This has nothing to do with decision theory. “LDT proves you should do x” is not a thing: if LDT tells you to do something that leads to consequences you don’t find good, then either you are doing LDT wrong, or LDT itself is wrong. And many people would not find the idea of being bi preferable.
Furthermore, in our world, there are no effective ways to bihack, and all of the suggested drugs are hugely negative in expectation. Advice to attempt to bihack would be awful and irresponsible and leave people who decided to follow it worse-off in expectation. People really should not be taking drugs with potential personality-altering effects; and should really not be recommending these drugs.
I expect that in a sane world, there would in fact be a huge public bounty for safe bihacking, and VCs would invest tons of money in startups that attempt to develop a drug that makes people bi without side-effects. Many people would contribute to this bounty, and use the drug once it exists; but many would not.
In our world, I think the idea of bihacking plausible allowed many people who’ve already been somewhat bi to come to terms with their sexual/romantic orientation and allow themselves to discover and maybe extend that part of who they already were, but I think it’s very rare that people who’ve not already been bi successfully bihacked, and the methods they used are, most likely, not the methods that anyone should be using, because for many people, they have terrible consequences, and for anyone, taking drugs is very much negative in expectation.
how did you even do this
P.S. I fully endorse the post that I wrote that you wrote. good argument
A lot of meditating on people's writing!
I'm not sure if this is the best Inkhaven post, but it's certainly the most Inkhaven of the Inkhaven posts.
Holy shit.
Fuuuuck this made me jealous >:0
humbling
Not the intention, apologies.
This is incredible! Definitely the most memorable Inkhaven post I've read.
This is incredible. This has also unearthed several of my opinions about fractals. I feel a response coming...
To be clear, I very much don’t endorse the ideas in the post that parodies my writing.
While many smart people would want to bihack, if there was a safe and effective way to, many smart people would not! It’s fine to not want to want something, on reflection; it’s valid, and beautiful, that people have all sorts of aesthetic preferences.
This has nothing to do with decision theory. “LDT proves you should do x” is not a thing: if LDT tells you to do something that leads to consequences you don’t find good, then either you are doing LDT wrong, or LDT itself is wrong. And many people would not find the idea of being bi preferable.
Furthermore, in our world, there are no effective ways to bihack, and all of the suggested drugs are hugely negative in expectation. Advice to attempt to bihack would be awful and irresponsible and leave people who decided to follow it worse-off in expectation. People really should not be taking drugs with potential personality-altering effects; and should really not be recommending these drugs.
I expect that in a sane world, there would in fact be a huge public bounty for safe bihacking, and VCs would invest tons of money in startups that attempt to develop a drug that makes people bi without side-effects. Many people would contribute to this bounty, and use the drug once it exists; but many would not.
In our world, I think the idea of bihacking plausible allowed many people who’ve already been somewhat bi to come to terms with their sexual/romantic orientation and allow themselves to discover and maybe extend that part of who they already were, but I think it’s very rare that people who’ve not already been bi successfully bihacked, and the methods they used are, most likely, not the methods that anyone should be using, because for many people, they have terrible consequences, and for anyone, taking drugs is very much negative in expectation.
Pls don’t take substances jn attempt to bihack 🙏
Makes sense!
Woah, woe, wow. No surprises here! X