NancyLebovitz comments on Agree, Retort, or Ignore? A Post From the Future - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 November 2009 03:23:58PM 6 points [-]

Imposing a norm would add a lot to the effort involved in conversation. Every time you thought about engaging, you'd know you'd risk having to figure out a conclusion. This might or might not be a net win for signal to noise.

Sometimes it takes quite a while to figure out what the actual issues are when new ideas are being explored.

Instead of a norm requiring explicit conclusions, I recommend giving significant credit when they're achieved.