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somervta comments on Open thread, August 19-25, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: somervta 22 August 2013 09:21:09AM 1 point [-]

I feel your concerns, but tbh I think the main disconnect is the research/development vs teaching dichotomy, not (primarily) the considerations I mentioned. The volunteers at the workshop (who were previous attendees) were really quite emphatic about how much they had improved, including content and coherency as well as organization.

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