Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Avoiding Failure: Fallacy Finding - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Patrick 03 July 2009 05:59PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 July 2009 02:35:36AM 2 points [-]

Have you done one of these yet? A project like this is much more effective if you take the first step yourself. Otherwise: Announcing your intentions makes you less likely to carry it out.

Comment author: Patrick 08 July 2009 01:56:07AM 2 points [-]

Ok, I've done one now, the link has been added to the post. I really appreciate you making me overcome my akrasia.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 July 2009 06:47:04AM 1 point [-]

...not overwhelmingly well-spelled, but okay, post promoted.

Comment author: CannibalSmith 06 July 2009 04:19:29PM *  0 points [-]

Please promote the article to the front page to increase the probability of someone with free time seeing it. A good idea should not suffer because of its originator.