JoshuaZ comments on You only live once: a reframing of working towards posthumanity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 05 April 2012 12:15:17AM 2 points [-]

Short is not the only issue here. The issue is that is short and appears to be potentially inchoate.

Comment author: komponisto 05 April 2012 05:55:36PM 2 points [-]

Inchoate is okay in Discussion.

("Potentially inchoate" is also a curious formulation: as if allowing for the possibility that it might actually be a completely polished and brilliantly insightful post, but still wanting to punish the author just in case it does turn out to be inchoate.)

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 05 April 2012 12:29:36AM 1 point [-]

What questions did you want answered? Can you give an example of a concrete improvement?

Was it inchoate in a way that caused you negative utility as a result of reading it? Do you think additional words would've made the experience of reading positive utility?

I have an "insight density" model of writing quality. I prefer to read writing that has lots of ideas per unit verbiage. I tend to assume other readers want the same, but if adding additional verbiage will improve the way others receive my writing, I will do it!