CasioTheSane comments on What makes you different from Tim Ferriss? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 21 June 2013 08:30:01AM 0 points [-]

and not "What the great Tim Ferris has done, even a schmuck like you can do too!", which is probably closer to your intended meaning.

Really? That interpretation doesn't seem compatible with the first sentence.

Comment author: Emile 21 June 2013 08:46:06AM *  0 points [-]

You mean " I suspect anyone here is less different from Tim Ferriss than they'd like to be able to justifiably claim"? It's not very clear, but I suspect the intended meaning is closer to "Tim Ferriss is not that far above you" than to "Tim Ferriss is not that far below you" ... no?

(Or if the meaning depends on the content of the four links, then I dunno, I haven't went and reread those).

Comment author: RowanE 21 June 2013 02:00:22PM 0 points [-]

I think the sticking point is the word "like". This implies they want to be different from Tim Ferris. In the "not that far above you" interpretation, that could just mean they're making excuses, but it's not an interpretation that jumps as easily to mind.

Comment author: Emile 21 June 2013 03:31:23PM *  0 points [-]

I agree it implies wanting to be different from Tim Ferriss, but it doesn't say in which direction. And things like

What is one thing he's done you haven't that probably you could do, and what is the explanation you invented to yourself for not having done it?

... makes me think SuspiciousTitForTat meant the not that far above you" interpretation. Though the fact that both you and wedrifid don't makes me doubt.

SuspiciousTitForTat: if you have three people scratching their head and coming up with opposite interpretations of your opening sentence, you may need to make your writing clearer :)

(at this stage, this subthread is more interesting as a case study in unclear communication than as discussion of the article...)

Comment author: RowanE 21 June 2013 08:45:35PM 2 points [-]

Oh no, I agree that the post means what you think it means. I was guessing at why people interpreted it that way. I should have added that it's not an interpretation that jumps as easily to mind when the first sentence alone is read out of context.

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