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atucker comments on What to do after college? - Less Wrong

8 Post author: mtaran 09 October 2011 03:00AM

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Comment author: atucker 09 October 2011 05:42:41PM 3 points [-]

I always find it weird when people don't comment on advice threads. The potential utility of significantly altering someone else's life seems pretty big compared to lots of other things.

Unless of course you don't think that there's much chance of the advice being used, or of the advice being substantially better than the next best option.

Comment author: Dorikka 09 October 2011 10:13:12PM 7 points [-]

If I don't feel like I am succeeding in the area in which someone is requesting advice, I'm not going to give advice, as it may be destructive.

Comment author: atucker 10 October 2011 04:14:23AM 4 points [-]

You could give reasons why you don't think that you're succeeding, at the very least.