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Emile comments on Q&A with Shane Legg on risks from AI - Less Wrong Discussion

42 Post author: XiXiDu 17 June 2011 08:58AM

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Comment author: Emile 17 June 2011 03:29:06PM *  3 points [-]

Yes, I think you should, when you read something like

Q: Bla bla bla?

Foo foo bar.

...

... you expect that "Foo foo bar" is the answer, at least until you run into something whose formatting makes it look even more like an answer:

...

Someone: herp derp.

... and then you go back and think "oh those things I just read weren't the answer". Having everything in the question in italics would make it clearer, even if that's not how the formatting was when you asked the question.

Comment author: XiXiDu 17 June 2011 04:15:28PM 1 point [-]

Thanks, I updated the formatting. Is it better now?

Comment author: Emile 17 June 2011 04:32:45PM 2 points [-]

It's better, I don't think readers would be confused now (as I was when I read your post).

(minor formatting quibble and bikeshedding follows)

It still doesn't scan that well, though; I'd suggest having everything related to the question in italics (there's no real need to seperate the question from the additional detail), and then indent the answer.

But this is really just quibbling :P

Comment author: XiXiDu 17 June 2011 05:56:13PM 2 points [-]

Done.