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CellBioGuy comments on Open Thread, Jul. 20 - Jul. 26, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 21 July 2015 06:04:25AM *  28 points [-]

Would a series of several posts on astrobiology and the Fermi paradox, each consisting of a link to an external post on a personal blog I have just established to contain my musings on the subject and related matters, be appreciated?

Comment author: jacob_cannell 21 July 2015 09:21:00PM 3 points [-]

Yes.

Why not dual post both here and on your blog?

Comment author: CellBioGuy 21 July 2015 10:22:04PM *  2 points [-]

A hidden question of mine is actually how to present them here - copypaste into this space to do a dual post, or merely post links and brief summaries.

It also appears that my bloggery will dither a bit away from what is likely the most interesting to this audience (Fermi paradox and 'where are they' and the likely shape of the future of humanity) on occasion into things like basic origin of life theories, geochemistry, what I think SETI should actually be doing compared to what they are doing now, and one or two case studies of one-off radio signals that have never been confirmed. There is definitely a cohesive multiple-part initial burst incoming which I will probably link to in its entirety, but this leaves me wondering how much to link to/reproduce.

Comment author: jacob_cannell 21 July 2015 11:13:36PM 5 points [-]

things like basic origin of life theories, geochemistry, what I think SETI should actually be doing compared to what they are doing now, and one or two case studies of one-off radio signals that have never been confirmed

These topics haven't been discussed here much and may actually be more interesting for that reason, whereas general Fermi paradox and future civ models have come up recently.

Comment author: ZeitPolizei 22 July 2015 10:27:14PM 3 points [-]

I don't know how it is for others, but personally, I am much more likely to read a full text if it's posted here directly, than if there's just a link.

Comment author: gwern 22 July 2015 06:50:19PM 0 points [-]

A hidden question of mine is actually how to present them here - copypaste into this space to do a dual post, or merely post links and brief summaries.

You could do what I do: copypaste, and then six months later after all the discussion is done, delete the LW copy and replace it with a link & summary. Best of both worlds, IMO.

Comment author: philh 21 July 2015 09:56:46AM 3 points [-]

Your comments here are consistently interesting, and I'd like to subscribe to your RSS feed.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 July 2015 11:18:47PM 1 point [-]

Yes. absolutely would be of interest.

Comment author: Username 21 July 2015 12:08:50PM 1 point [-]

Has anyone in the history of LW ever said that they don't want new interesting posts?

Comment author: ZankerH 21 July 2015 07:11:03AM 1 point [-]

I'd be interested in your take on the topic.

Comment author: MrMind 21 July 2015 06:51:02AM 1 point [-]

I surely would appreciate it.

Comment author: Stingray 21 July 2015 03:35:41PM 0 points [-]

Keenly waiting for your posts!