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NancyLebovitz comments on Open thread for December 24-31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 December 2013 03:32:02PM 1 point [-]

This illustrates a general principle-- if you know people are likely to offer advice which is irrelevant to you, do a pre-emptive strike to head it off.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 30 December 2013 03:59:11PM *  4 points [-]

The hard part is to balance the benefits of preempting the wrong answers with the harm of priming the readers. :D