Shoga comments on Is Molecular Nanotechnology "Scientific"? - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2007 04:11AM

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Comment author: Pavitra 30 August 2010 06:03:59PM 1 point [-]

You're signaling poorly for this community.

For example, starting your post with an all-caps sentence asserting that something is "undisputedly" true makes you look like a crank. It might be obviously true, or indisputably true, but if it were actually undisputed then why would you need to point it out? It would be like saying "THE SUN IS UNDISPUTEDLY BRIGHT AND HOT". This statement is true, but why does it deserve the all-caps treatment?

Similarly, "challenging" people to dispute an assertion sounds like you're setting up your arguments as soldiers to defend territory against enemies, which is generally frowned upon around here.