komponisto comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 05 January 2010 04:06:43PM *  0 points [-]

Is there such a convention?

Yes -- at least in the sense that I have found familiarity with (and sympathy toward) this practice to be an effective shibboleth for distinguishing the mathematically sophisticated.

(It's kind of like how it's a warning sign when someone doesn't think the word "dictionary" should be in the dictionary.)

Comment author: Jawaka 07 January 2010 02:10:50PM 0 points [-]
Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 05 January 2010 07:04:45PM *  0 points [-]

Thank you. Sorry for the stupid question, then; do downvote the grandparent.