DanielVarga comments on Even if you have a nail, not all hammers are the same - Less Wrong

95 Post author: PhilGoetz 29 March 2010 06:09PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (125)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 March 2010 06:28:07PM *  16 points [-]

Why is "they used the wrong statistical formula" worth 47 upvotes on the main article?

47 votes doesn't mean "This is a great article". It means 47 more people liked it than disliked it. Peanut butter gets more karma than caviar.

Comment author: DanielVarga 02 April 2010 02:46:40PM 1 point [-]

That is not entirely true. Personally, I think it is a fine article, but I didn't upvote it because I felt that 60 upvotes should be enough for it. Is there a site-wide consensus about the interpretation of karma scores? If not, is there even a thread where LWers debate about the best semantics?

Comment author: Morendil 02 April 2010 03:25:42PM 7 points [-]

If you like something you read and would like to see more of it, vote it up.

And vice versa.