pjeby comments on What are the optimal biases to overcome? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pjeby 07 August 2012 02:09:26AM 4 points [-]

I tried reading some @pjeby stuff yesterday and it had all the problems you describe cranked up to 11

Technically, John was describing the problems of analytical readers, rather than the problems of self-help writers. ;-)

I have noticed, though, that some of my early writing (e.g. 2010 and before) is very polarizing in style: people tend to either love it or hate it, and the "hate it" contingent seems larger on LW than anywhere else.

However, most of the people who've previously said on LW that they hate my writing, seemed to enjoy this LW post, so you may find something of use there.

Comment author: David_Gerard 07 August 2012 11:36:30AM *  11 points [-]

It's the ...

INFOMERCIAL STYLE!

... of formatting. Doesn't work for everyone ;-)