Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (July 2012) - Less Wrong
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Can you give an example?
I will try to hunt one down! It's usually the problems where you have to choose a lot of independent attributes but also be careful not to double-count.
Also, when someone explains it, it's clear to see why their way is right (or sounds right), but it's not clear why your way is wrong.
Yes, I notice that people are in general either bad at giving or reluctant to give this kind of feedback. I think I'm okay at this, so I'd be happy to do this by PM for a few problems if you think that would help.