major comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 March 2012 04:46PM

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Comment author: major 14 March 2012 10:02:15AM 0 points [-]

Of course. Otherwise Eliezer would be a Bad Writer. There are circumstances where 'heat conduction' is the correct answer, you know.

Comment author: MartinB 14 March 2012 12:38:47PM 1 point [-]

Good/Bad writer is too crude a distinction.

Comment author: major 14 March 2012 01:55:20PM 2 points [-]

At this point it's almost funny how everyone seems to think I'm dissing Eliezer. Oh, well. Sarcasm clearly doesn't work in writing.

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 14 March 2012 02:05:53PM *  3 points [-]

What makes you think that others think you're dissing Eliezer?

I didn't downvote you for dissing Eliezer, I downvoted you for that rude and unproductive usage of sarcasm against fellow readers. I got your sarcasm, I just hated it.

Comment author: MartinB 14 March 2012 03:13:17PM 0 points [-]

I often don't get it, and also hate it.

I think there is room for improvement in the writing of MoR, but it is very very very far away from bad.

Regarding the upper posting: pointing out one flaw does not make the writing bad. It would be just one flaw.