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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 16 March 2012 12:10:26AM *  3 points [-]

I didn't like your alternative for the "Many of us believe" line either, even though I don't like that line (it was what I came up with to improve on Luke's original text). To give the context: the current About page introduces twelve virtues with:

Many of us believe in the importance of developing qualities described in "Twelve Virtues of Rationality":

John's edit was to change it to:

For a brief summary of how to be rational, read the somewhat stylized "Twelve Virtues of Rationality":

P.S. I no longer supervise the edits to the wiki, but someone should...

Comment author: wedrifid 16 March 2012 02:49:33AM -1 points [-]

That change is less bad than the original but it is sometimes better to hold off on changes that may reduce the impetus for further improvement without quite satisfying the need.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 16 March 2012 03:00:57AM 0 points [-]

To be honest, I don't have much energy left to fight this. I'd like to rethink the entire page, but if I have to fight tooth and nail for every sentence I won't.

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