Kaj_Sotala comments on Cleaning up the "Worst Argument" essay - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 September 2012 07:19:33AM 2 points [-]

I thought one of the most important things in the original essay, and which has been missing from the later versions, was that you explicitly said that the WAitW really only becomes a problem when you use it to shout down the opposition, instead of asking for an explanation for an inconsistency. Even in that original version, several people who I linked the essay to seemed to miss that very important point, and I had to point it out to them. (See e.g. the discussion between me and Panu here.) It'd be better if this version said it too, possibly in caps, bolding, and underlining. Oh, and a <blink> tag. ;)