lsparrish comments on A possible example of failure to apply lessons from Less Wrong - Less Wrong

17 Post author: JoshuaZ 01 December 2010 07:33PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 02 December 2010 06:19:52PM *  1 point [-]

That sounds a bit just-so. Looking back through my comments, the "important" ones seem to have ended up grammatically contorted by the quest for robust precision.

Answer: work out how to write better.

Comment author: lsparrish 02 December 2010 06:48:52PM *  3 points [-]

Sure, but points involving longer inferential chains would be harder to write as succinctly. It could be that the problem isn't writing skill, just the thoughts aren't as easy to write.