RobinHanson comments on The Fallacy of Gray - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 January 2008 06:24AM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 07 January 2008 02:23:47PM 17 points [-]

All who love this post, do you love it because it told you something you didn't know before, or because you think it would be great to show others who you don't think understand this point? I worry when our reader's favorite posts are based on how much they agree with the post, instead of how much they learned from it.

Comment author: eyelidlessness 29 July 2012 06:32:33AM 4 points [-]

It's possible both are true: that the reader understood the point already, but learned a better way to articulate it in an effort to advance another conversation.

Comment author: redlizard 01 May 2014 06:09:45PM 3 points [-]

I already knew it, but this post made me understand it.