Yeah, besides, anybody who is so stupid they can't pronounce your name right
probably isn't worth talking to, so it acts like a great filter that you don't
even need to think about...keeps the yutz's away from the Yuds...
Of course, going by a different nickname is ok. Ezer is good. What is your
middle name, anyways?
John Clark wrote:
>
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> Wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking of switching recently - either to my middle name, or
> > to something completely new, like "Ben Abard".
>
> Don't do it Eliezer! I'll grant you that a normal person in our culture with a name like
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" might be under a disadvantage, but you're not a normal person
> and your ideas are not of the average sort, so you should have an unusual name, it's an
> advantage. There once was a unsuccessful singer who had a mundane sounding name,
> I forget what it was but it was almost as dull and forgettable as "John Clark", anyway he
> changed it to "Engelbert Humperdink" and immediately became very successful. I think
> Arnold Schwarzeneger's name has helped him too.
>
> John K Clark (yawn) jonkc@att.net
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