Vaniver comments on Why Academic Papers Are A Terrible Discussion Forum - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 20 June 2012 06:36:00PM 0 points [-]

Agreed and upvoted, but:

Similarly to #8, this is a "heuristic argument" rather than an airtight proof.

Are any of the points airtight proofs?

Comment author: alyssavance 20 June 2012 07:11:35PM 2 points [-]

Not in the mathematical sense, but it's a difference of degree.

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