katydee comments on An Introduction To Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: katydee 20 October 2013 07:22:27AM 0 points [-]

Agreed. I don't really disagree with anything in this post, but I'm not sure why it was posted. It seems to largely deal with concepts that have already been discussed, which is fine-- but for introductions/summaries to be good, IMO they have to be highly clear and engaging, which I don't find this to be.

Comment author: dthunt 20 October 2013 02:32:50PM 0 points [-]

I think that one of the more critical aspects (feedback) has been glossed over to a degree that I think it falls short of its goal of being a good introduction.

I suggest that some editing is in order. I don't actively discourage another attempt; I suspect most of us have considered writing a "Why this matters and what we mean" post, and while there are other good materials on the site, more good ones probably won't do much harm.