JessRiedel comments on Magical Categories - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 August 2008 07:51PM

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Comment author: JessRiedel 24 August 2008 09:12:51PM 6 points [-]

Eliezer, I believe that your belittling tone is conducive to neither a healthy debate nor a readable blog post. I suspect that your attitude is borne out of just frustration, not contempt, but I would still strongly encourage you to write more civilly. It's not just a matter of being nice; rudeness prevents both the speaker and the listener from thinking clearly and objectively, and it doesn't contribute to anything.