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Comment author: gjm 08 December 2014 02:05:15PM 1 point [-]

OK, I'm asking. (I have no objection to pop science, pop psychology, pop philosophy, etc., when done well.) What is "old, but seen anew"? Specifically: suppose me to be a longstanding LW participant, reasonably well read in science and philosophy; if I read (say) Science and Sanity or some later GS work, am I likely to come out the far end knowing more or thinking better, and if so what do you expect me to learn?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 08 December 2014 02:30:08PM 0 points [-]

Specifically: suppose me to be a longstanding LW participant, reasonably well read in science and philosophy

Then reading S&S may well be supererogatory. If you've read all of the Sequences, you will recognise much in S&S, just as I, having read S&S, recognised much in the Sequences.