TheOtherDave comments on SotW: Be Specific - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 April 2012 06:11AM

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 04 April 2012 05:54:58PM 3 points [-]

The first thing that comes to mind is "write erotic fiction", but that has obvious social problems.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 April 2012 06:59:02PM 5 points [-]

When it comes to specificity erotic non-fiction is even better, but the social problems are greater.