Zack_M_Davis comments on Open Thread: November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 06 November 2009 02:38:29AM 1 point [-]

You're probably thinking of "A Rational Argument" or "Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why".

Comment author: Alicorn 06 November 2009 02:42:56AM 0 points [-]

Neither of those look quite like it...

Comment author: RobinZ 06 November 2009 03:39:37AM *  0 points [-]

I was reminded of The Bottom Line, for what that's worth, although I see both "A Rational Argument" and "Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why" link back to it.

Comment author: Alicorn 06 November 2009 03:49:35AM 0 points [-]

This looked like it might be it for a while, but I have the memory of the statement being made pretty directly, not just stabbed at sideways.

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 06 November 2009 04:02:17AM 2 points [-]

The last paragraph of "Back Up" seems fairly explicit.

... "Singularity Writing Advice" points six and seven?

Comment author: Alicorn 06 November 2009 04:08:57AM 0 points [-]

Oh, the writing advice looks very much like what I remember - but I'm almost positive I haven't come across the particular document before! Perhaps some of the same prose was reused elsewhere?

Comment author: komponisto 06 November 2009 04:51:17AM *  0 points [-]

Eliezer has been known to recycle text from old documents on occasion. (I'm thinking of certain OB posts having to do with a Toyota Corolla and Deep Blue vs. Kasparov, which contain material lifted from here and here respectively.)