Open Thread, March 16-31, 2012

OpenThreadGuy

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

I want to post some new decision theory math in the next few days. The problem is that it's a bit much for one post, and I don't like writing sequences, and some people don't enjoy seeing even one mathy post, never mind several. What should I do? Compress it into one post, make it a sequence, keep it off LW, or something else?

and some people don't enjoy seeing even one mathy post, never mind several

Those people need to learn to live with seeing math if they want to be on a site trying its best to refine human rationality.

Post it please.

3arundelo14y

I for one often don't do more than skim mathy posts, but I think they're important and I'm glad people make them. (So my vote is for either one post or a sequence, and it sounds like you're leaning towards the former.) Edit: The reasons I often skim mathy posts (probably easy to guess, but included for completeness): 1. The math is often above my level. 2. They take more time and attention to read than non-mathy ones. ---------------------------------------- [...] -- Neal Stephenson, Reamde

1WrongBot14y

My preference would be for one post per major idea, however short or long that ends up. Please keep posting mathy stuff here, I find it extremely interesting despite not having much of a math background.