wedrifid comments on Notes on Brainwashing & 'Cults' - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 15 September 2013 12:54:10AM 4 points [-]

Editing the quote to remove the "considerably" changes the meaning. The original is not a tautology because the "considerably" suggests a visible step in the curve.

I didn't remove a word. The original was edited to change the meaning.

Comment author: private_messaging 16 September 2013 12:01:51PM *  1 point [-]

Yea, you merely interpreted it in a ridiculous way that was not intended, thus requiring an extra word where none would have been needed if maxim of relevance at all held.

Comment author: wedrifid 16 September 2013 12:20:05PM 1 point [-]

Yea, you merely interpreted it in a ridiculous way that was not intended, thus requiring an extra word where none would have been needed if maxim of relevance at all held.

Your edited version is far more useful. Thankyou.

Comment author: 4hodmt 15 September 2013 02:51:17AM 0 points [-]

My apologies then. It would be useful if LessWrong marked edited posts as edited.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 15 September 2013 03:24:40AM *  4 points [-]

It does mark edited comments, by an * after the date. It does not mark edits to top-level posts or edits by admins (even self-edits by admins, which is clearly a bug).

Comment author: 4hodmt 15 September 2013 03:45:19AM 2 points [-]

Thanks, I didn't notice the '*'s.

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