Vladimir_Nesov comments on Remind Physicalists They're Physicalists - Less Wrong

18 Post author: lukeprog 15 August 2011 04:36AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 August 2011 10:22:23PM *  3 points [-]

What kind of protocol do you envision? Detailed review is way too much work in most cases, a single perceived flaw is easy to point out, and parts that seem correct usually both cover most of the essay and are expected to be seen as correct by most readers.

(More detailed feedback could be gathered using a new software tool, I suspect, like voting on sections of the text, and then summarizing the votes over the text with e.g. its color. It would be more realistic than asking for a different social custom for the same reason normal voting works and asking for feedback about overall impression doesn't.)

Comment author: lukeprog 15 August 2011 10:52:02PM *  6 points [-]

One possible format is:

"I like X and Y. More like that, please. But I think B isn't quite right, because Z."

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 August 2011 11:00:20PM *  6 points [-]

This could actually work... Fighting abundance of choice with sampling. I would modify it this way:

  • When making a correction or complaint as a top-level comment, choose one positive thing about the post, if any, and point it out first.

So this is a more informative form of "IAWYC, but..."

Comment author: lukeprog 15 August 2011 11:28:53PM 1 point [-]

Exactly!