Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 January 2010 12:05:13AM 0 points [-]

[...] I'll have to read the paper myself [...]

Wouldn't I say that to be for the best, given that I started the thread by linking to the paper?

Comment author: SilasBarta 03 January 2010 02:43:25AM *  0 points [-]

That's not excuse for not providing a meaningful summary so that others can gauge whether it's worth their time. You need to give more than "Vladimir says so" as a reason for judging the paper worthwhile.

You ... do ... understand the paper well enough to provide such a summary ... RIGHT?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 January 2010 01:07:21PM 2 points [-]

I was linking not just to the paper, but to a summary of the paper, and included that example out of that summary, a summary-of-summary. Others have already summarized what you got wrong in your reply. You can see that the paper has about 1300 citations, which should count for its importance.