Lamp comments on Ultimate List of Irrational Nonsense - Less Wrong

-5 [deleted] 30 March 2016 08:25PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (61)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment deleted 01 April 2016 07:15:51AM *  [-]
Comment author: AlwaysUnite 02 April 2016 08:36:26PM 0 points [-]

That actually is a very good idea, thanks :) I'd would become impossible for anyone to read unless they got their hands on a introductory statistics book of course. But some explanatory text should be able to fix that. Do you have particular items that you think should be removed? I am only human, there is bound to be a mistake or two on such a large list.

Comment author: Glen 01 April 2016 02:57:41PM 0 points [-]

That is true. However, at some point you are trying to fit too much into a single image or chart. I think what you're describing here could work if you keep it focused on a smaller range of ideas, rather than this many. It would also allow people to think individually about each claim, which larger sets don't really do.

I think your proposed chart would work best as an introduction or header to a more in depth analysis. Show the shape of the arguments and faults, then discuss each one thoroughly beneath the image.