John_Maxwell_IV comments on Should you try to do good work on LW? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 05 July 2012 06:36:38PM *  2 points [-]

I'm not sure I know of a better place to do philosophy (as Paul Graham defines it) than LW:

let's try to answer the question

Of all the useful things we can say, which are the most general?

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One drawback of this approach is that it won't produce the sort of writing that gets you tenure.

(PG's example of a useful general idea is that of a controlled experiment.)

What specific new audiences do you think Yvain should try out?