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NancyLebovitz comments on Ontologial Reductionism and Invisible Dragons - Less Wrong

-13 Post author: Balofsky 20 March 2012 02:29AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 March 2012 07:14:32PM 1 point [-]

That's almost how I read his and your comments-- not just better things to do, but a desire to snipe, or in LessWrongian language, to lower status.

Comment author: pedanterrific 23 March 2012 07:24:36PM *  2 points [-]

Well, I can't swear to unconscious motives, but for me the problem was that every time I scrolled through the latest comments page and saw "in response to Ontologial Reductionism" I felt a dust speck fly into my eyeball. Even so, I wouldn't have said anything if there hadn't already been a comment on the formatting.

But thank you for informing me, I'll try to bear that in mind for the future.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 March 2012 07:34:58PM 0 points [-]

I don't think I'd have seen your comment as hostile if it had been a direct reply to the post. In that case, it would have looked like helpful proof-reading.

Comment author: pedanterrific 23 March 2012 07:50:30PM 2 points [-]

Huh. Thinking about it, I can see your point of view, but when I made the decision I had a strong emotional reaction in the other direction- that a top level comment about nothing but nitpicks would be perceived as an attack (which I wanted to avoid). Considering my track record, it would probably be best if I weighted your opinion higher than mine.