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MarkL comments on Book Suggestion: "Diaminds" is worth reading (CFAR-esque) - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: MarkL 03 May 2013 12:19AM

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Comment author: MarkL 03 May 2013 03:10:17PM 2 points [-]

I had a specific reason for giving the book a shot, while simultaneously I had strong evidence that I was wasting my time. I wanted to nudge people who didn't have a specific reason to read it to consider reading it, anyway. Overkill? Doth protest too much? Maybe!

Comment author: falenas108 03 May 2013 04:23:20PM 2 points [-]

A bit too much, yeah. Over half the post is defensiveness and reasons why you might object, without refuting those objections.