CarlShulman comments on Torture vs. Dust Specks - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 October 2007 02:50AM

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Comment author: thomblake 14 September 2009 02:49:10PM 0 points [-]

Comments with both these characteristics tend to get downvoted, but if you cut back on one or the other you should get better responses.

I'd just like to note that comments informed by the relevant background but condescending and negative are often voted down as well. Though Annoyance seems to have relatively high karma anyway.

Comment author: CarlShulman 14 September 2009 02:52:56PM *  0 points [-]

I considered that, which is why I said that the responses would be "better."