Will_Sawin comments on Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality - Less Wrong

77 Post author: AnnaSalamon 17 September 2010 07:02AM

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 17 September 2010 09:30:43AM 1 point [-]

Seconded: dense with useful content, unlike this comment.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 17 September 2010 02:05:49PM 1 point [-]

If you quoted the most useful sentence of the post, your comment would be more than half as dense, which is still pretty dense.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 17 September 2010 11:25:43PM 0 points [-]

But it would be redundant information, making the post/comment system overall less dense, which would make people sad.

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 18 September 2010 12:29:35AM 4 points [-]

Not so -- re-emphasizing what points hit home, and how one plans to apply them, often helps the useful parts stand out for others. Self-help/business seminars standardly have attendees summarize takeaways, and what personal experiments they plan, after each session.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 18 September 2010 01:40:07AM 0 points [-]

Good point.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 18 September 2010 03:36:05AM -1 points [-]

I find both your comments incredibly dense :)

Comment author: wedrifid 18 September 2010 04:19:56AM 0 points [-]

And your momma is so dense that.... :P