gerg comments on Have no heroes, and no villains - Less Wrong

88 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 November 2010 09:15PM

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Comment author: gerg 12 November 2010 07:57:02AM 0 points [-]

Possibly, yes; but reading a discussion about a topic I don't know anything about is hard, so I'm less likely to get anything out of it, despite the fact that it is there in what you wrote. I'm claiming that the additional "distracting" material would actually serve as a hook to get the reader interested in putting effort into understanding the point of the post.

Comment author: Relsqui 12 November 2010 09:21:24AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I can see that. In this particular case it wouldn't have been true for me, but in others it might have been, and I believe that it is for you here.