TimS comments on Open Thread, May 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 03 May 2013 02:55:32PM 2 points [-]

The only failure mode to avoid is implicitly or explicitly stating "Because you haven't read X, your input is not worth considering."

There was a time when that was a common failure mode on LW ("Go read the Sequences, then we'll talk"). Less so now.