CharlieSheen comments on Teenage Rationalists and Changing Your Mind - Less Wrong

48 Post author: KPier 05 August 2011 06:19PM

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Comment author: KPier 05 August 2011 06:44:19PM 3 points [-]

My data points are far from a systemic study, but I appreciate your perspective.

I have a hard time determining the delineation between Discussion/Main, but I decided this didn't really cover any new ground so belonged in discussion. If we have a really good discussion and new points are brought up I might rewrite it for the main page (and include science and real studies, not just anecdotal evidence).

Comment author: falenas108 06 August 2011 06:04:13AM 2 points [-]

That's a pretty good standard. Another distinction is discussion posts can bring up problems, but main page posts are expected to solve the problem, usually in a new way. This is why people downvoted Matthew's post.

Comment author: orthonormal 06 August 2011 05:43:58PM 0 points [-]

Since the Main page is the only part that many new members see, it's perfectly fine for a post on Main to cover ground that's familiar to veterans.

Personally, I think that this post has the solid content and polished style that merits promotion to the Main area.

Comment author: MatthewBaker 05 August 2011 07:59:58PM *  0 points [-]

I rewrote a discussion article for the main page and i still don't know if its up to snuff xD but we teenage rationalists gotta stick together and I thought your article was great.