Kevin comments on Nature editorial: Do scientists really need a PhD? - Less Wrong

-4 Post author: Kevin 11 March 2010 09:39AM

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Comment author: FAWS 11 March 2010 09:47:21AM *  1 point [-]

What's the convention on making a top level post to link to something vs posting in the open thread?

The most recent top level post for linking was TED Talks: Daniel Kahneman and that one at least had a paragraph worth of non-link material. Other links with comparable thematic relevance have been posted in the open threads.

Comment author: Kevin 11 March 2010 10:02:35AM *  0 points [-]

What I use is "don't make a top-level post if you think it is going to get downvoted". I'm open to better conventions. I suppose I could have got more karma if I wrote a sentence or two about how this is connected to rationality.

In this case, opening a thread on this seemed like a good idea because the question proposed by Nature does have an obvious correct answer.

If anyone wants to discuss this subject further, you can get some free karma if you start the 2010 meta-thread.