somervta comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 4: What Causes Obesity? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: somervta 30 December 2013 09:19:46AM * 5 points [-]

it became less and less what view he's attributing to mainstream experts, or what his alternative is supposed to be.

less and less -> less and less clear?

I have no plans of discussing is Taubes claims

discussing is Taubes -> discussing Taubes?

Comment author: ChrisHallquist 30 December 2013 06:14:18PM 1 point [-]

D'oh. Fixed.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 30 December 2013 07:07:21PM 1 point [-]

Also,

wouldn't have made for as an exciting of a book.

is not as of a good grammatical structure as it could be. I suggest rephrasing.

Comment author: Vaniver 30 December 2013 06:24:47PM 1 point [-]

Also:

which I attempt won't quote from

Drop the attempt.

can be cause on multiple levels

cause -> caused