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Kaj_Sotala comments on The Mere Cable Channel Addition Paradox - Less Wrong Discussion

64 Post author: Ghatanathoah 26 July 2012 07:20AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 26 July 2012 12:49:51PM 14 points [-]

I liked this, but found that the dialog format made the argument you're making excessively drawn out and hard to follow. I would have preferred there to be a five-paragraph (say) recap of your criticism after the dialogue.

Comment author: Ghatanathoah 26 July 2012 11:18:11PM 3 points [-]

I have followed your advice and added a recap at the end.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 30 July 2012 10:45:03AM 0 points [-]

Awesome, thanks. :-)

Comment author: FiftyTwo 26 July 2012 09:36:23PM 4 points [-]

Thats interesting, after reading this I thought it was one of the best examples I'd seen of the dialogue format being used to explain and argument and its objections.

If our difference of opinion isn't just due to some arbitrary factors about our aesthetic preferences it might be that you are more familiar with the original argument, so didn't benefit as much from having it explained it detail. Do you think thats accurate?

Comment author: magfrump 29 July 2012 01:49:52PM 0 points [-]

I found that the dialog format made it easy for me to follow, but still overly drawn out.