dvasya comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dvasya 02 June 2011 03:44:58PM *  1 point [-]

I don't think this was intended as a criticism of science... ;)

Comment author: MixedNuts 06 June 2011 06:42:41AM 1 point [-]

Small-s science the process that's in fact implemented, not big-S Science the ideal. Though admittedly formality and obfuscation in journal papers isn't a necessary part of current science (as opposed to publish-or-perish in general).

Comment author: Will_Sawin 12 June 2011 06:52:24PM 1 point [-]

Or perhaps to make fun of scientists as, for instance, people who drop things on the floor.