MartinB comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MartinB 12 August 2010 07:52:32PM *  2 points [-]

Due to heavy personal history bias: That Alien Message.

I would take out anything that involves weird stuff regarding dead people, but that might be better A/B tested or surveyed. My own expectation is that hitting readers with the crazy topics right away is bad and a turn-off while it is better to give out useful and interesting things in the beginning that are relatable right away. [Edit: important missing word added]

Comment author: orthonormal 12 August 2010 07:55:26PM 0 points [-]

I would could anything that involves weird stuff regarding dead people

Huh?

Comment author: MartinB 12 August 2010 08:07:16PM 0 points [-]

Corrected. I meant cryonics, and some of the applications of 'shut up and multiply'.

Comment author: orthonormal 12 August 2010 08:11:19PM 0 points [-]

Ah. As you can see on the page itself, I decided to leave out the wiki links (for basically the same reasons you mentioned.) I'll add That Alien Message.