knb comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 08 September 2011 06:24:06AM 14 points [-]

Paul Graham's essay "Why Nerds are Unpopular" has been mentioned a few times on LW, in a very positive way.

My initial reaction upon reading that essay a couple years ago was also very positive. However, upon rereading it, I realized it doesn't really fit with my observations or what I know from social science research at all. I want to write a top level post about why I disagree with Graham, but I'm not really sure if that would be on-topic enough for a top-level.

So I guess I'll just put this to a vote. Please upvote this if you think I should write a top-level post.

Comment author: knb 08 September 2011 06:24:33AM 31 points [-]

Please Upvote this if you think I should write a discussion level post.

Comment author: lessdazed 08 September 2011 06:30:45AM 11 points [-]

Why not just do a draft in discussion? It's a top level subject, but how could we judge well at this point without knowing what the post would look like?

Comment author: knb 08 September 2011 06:26:55AM 1 point [-]

If you think I shouldn't post about it at all, please upvote this. Be sure to downvote below.