wedrifid comments on Many Weak Arguments vs. One Relatively Strong Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 June 2013 08:13:17PM *  10 points [-]

Where's the fun in shooting down the obvious targets, most readers can do so themselves.

As one of those readers I would prefer not to have to. I appreciate the effort others put into keeping the garden well tended and saving me the trouble of reading low quality material myself.

Eliezer's reply is the kind of reply that I want to see more of. I strongly oppose shaming 'requests' used to discourage such replies.