JoshuaZ comments on A Proof of Occam's Razor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 August 2010 11:13:39PM 3 points [-]

That seems valid, but part of the trouble also seems to be people thinking they understand math that they don't after reading popularizations. I'm not sure how to deal with that other than just having those individuals read the actual math.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 12 August 2010 08:33:54AM 5 points [-]

We need merely a norm to tell people to stop, not a magic way of explaining math faster than possible. Also, more realistic timeline for grokking (as opposed to parsing) deeper concepts is months, not days, and that's if you are smart enough in the first place.

Comment author: cousin_it 11 August 2010 11:22:48PM *  1 point [-]

Agreed. I have no idea either.

Comment author: katydee 11 August 2010 11:42:35PM 2 points [-]

Well, if someone posts something wrong, call them out on it.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 August 2010 11:48:29PM 4 points [-]

Empirically that doesn't seem to help much. See for example the comment thread in cousin_it's last top-level post.