Stuart_Armstrong comments on Reasoning isn't about logic (it's about arguing) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DSimon 09 September 2010 10:49:08PM *  1 point [-]

What about your comment makes it worthy of downvoting? Is it that it's meta, or that it doesn't add content to the conversation, or just because you asked us to?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 13 September 2010 01:12:07PM 2 points [-]

I can't for the life of me remember making this comment.

I'd guess that it was meta; it was semi-smart, but not very productive, so it deserved to be downvoted, which is what it asked for, and which it got. Basically, smart-sounding comments with tenuous relevance are a waste - the smartness should not be a shield.