JamesAndrix comments on On saving the world - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 31 January 2014 12:06:36AM *  3 points [-]

Write a bullet-point summary for each sequence and tell me that one would not be tempted to "dismiss them out of hand, even lacking a chain of arguments leading up to them", unless one is already familiar with the arguments.

Comment author: JamesAndrix 06 February 2014 04:21:51AM 4 points [-]

Anecdote: I think I've had better responses summarizing LW articles in a few paragraphs without linking, than linking to them with short explanations.

It does take a lot to crosss those inferential distances, but I don't think quite that much.

To be fair, my discussions may not cover a whole sequence, I have the opportunity to pick out what is needed in a particular instance.