mattnewport comments on Eight Short Studies On Excuses - Less Wrong

210 Post author: Yvain 20 April 2010 11:01PM

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Comment author: RobinZ 22 April 2010 03:27:16AM 6 points [-]

That's not what she did. She explicitly declared that she was done with the argument, not that she won it - by standard debating rules, she forfeited.

And whether she updated as much as she should have is her business, not yours.

And she was reporting her feelings and their sources precisely as requested, not setting out to slander anyone.

To be perfectly frank, I would suggest that the entire thread should have been dropped after her original comment, and should be dropped now.

Comment author: mattnewport 22 April 2010 06:17:05PM 1 point [-]

That's not what she did. She explicitly declared that she was done with the argument, not that she won it - by standard debating rules, she forfeited.

Umm, hang on, she 'forfeited' prior to posting a 500 word reply. I'd say that in the absence of further data it is reasonable to conclude that the forfeit was revoked.

Comment author: RobinZ 22 April 2010 08:34:54PM 5 points [-]

Her reply was not an addition to the previous conversation - it was a meta remark.