Gunnar_Zarncke comments on The Limits of My Rationality - Less Wrong

1 Post author: JoshuaMyer 09 December 2014 09:08PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 10 December 2014 12:16:20AM 3 points [-]

Interesting. I understand how you arrived at that. The sequences and esp. EYs posts are often written in that style. But you don't need to write that way (actually I don't think you succeeded at that). My first tries were also somewhat trying to fit in but overdoing it - and somewhat failing too. Good luck. TRrying and failing is better than not trying and thus not learning.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/dg7/what_have_you_recently_tried_and_failed_at/

Comment author: JoshuaMyer 10 December 2014 05:22:35PM 0 points [-]

Thank you for your feedback. I am not sure what I think, but the general response so far seems to support the notion that I have tried to adapt the structure to a rhetorical position poorly suited for my writing style. I'm hearing a lot of "stream of consciousness" ... the first section specifically might require more argumentation regarding effective rhetorical structures. I attack parables without offering a replacement, which is at best rude but potentially deconstructive past the point of utility. I'm currently working on an introduction that might help generate more discussion based on content.