Annoyance comments on Rationality in the Media: Don't (New Yorker, May 2009) - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Andrew 12 May 2009 01:32PM

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Comment author: Annoyance 12 May 2009 01:47:51PM 3 points [-]

If you're going to have an "in conclusion" at the end of your post, it would be nice if the post had a presented thesis that the rest of the material supports or at least is involved in analyzing.

Comment author: thomblake 12 May 2009 03:23:37PM 2 points [-]

I agree - I really liked the way this article was formatted, but perhaps it would make more sense if the "in conclusion" paragraph was part of the "criticism". Then you can just have a thesis for that section, with a relatively neutral summary and background literature.

On the other hand, perhaps it was supposed to be the lifehacking takeaway - in which case maybe another header was in order, and it should be opened with something other than "in conclusion".

Comment author: Andrew 12 May 2009 01:53:36PM 0 points [-]

Noted.