atucker comments on Open Thread, April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: atucker 05 April 2011 02:09:41AM 1 point [-]

No, but I associate it with length.

Like, I'm normally more affected by novels than blog posts.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 April 2011 02:35:57AM *  1 point [-]

I like to read, but I have a woefully short attention span. I guess what I'm saying is: the biases are valuable information, but the language they're written in, at least on wikipedia, is difficult for the layman. I would prefer my experience of gaining knowledge to not be (what I consider) unnecessarily difficult. I think the majority of people who might benefit from knowing about the biases won't slog through them until they're written in For Dummies language.

This is not to say that I refuse to Do My Work. I just bristle at doing work that seems unnecessary.