Wei_Dai comments on Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline - Less Wrong

88 Post author: lukeprog 28 March 2011 07:31PM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 29 March 2011 08:55:46PM 3 points [-]

In that case, the problem is ironically one of style. Given that #6 is really, really important, you didn't indicate its importance in any way stylistically. It's listed smack in a middle of a bunch of writing tips. It's not bolded or italicized. It doesn't link or cite any other articles.

Comment author: lukeprog 29 March 2011 10:36:06PM 2 points [-]

Sheesh you guys are picky. :)

Seriously though, I've improved the original post in response. Thanks.