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Comment author: satt 27 October 2014 04:48:19AM 2 points [-]

Brainstorming possible reasons off the top of my head:

  • attempting to compensate for bad feelings left by the article, by soliciting sympathy/agreement/commiseration about how the article's crap
  • similarly but more broadly, initiating a round of social bonding based on booing the article (and/or Steve Fuller)
  • making a conveniently Google-able note of the article for future personal reference
  • publicly warning the rest of us of a bad article which might call for a response
  • contributing to LW's collective memory (in case e.g. a broader discussion of Steve Fuller's work kicks off here in future)
Comment author: ChristianKl 27 October 2014 03:21:49PM 1 point [-]

Brainstorming possible reasons off the top of my head:

The fact that I can brainstorm possible reasons doesn't imply that I know the reason. Asking people for the reasons of their actions is helpful for having rational discourse.

Comment author: satt 28 October 2014 12:57:56AM 1 point [-]

Fair enough. (Based on the curtness of your question, I'd thought there was a good chance it was rhetorical, or that you truly couldn't think of an answer to it.)

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