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MattG comments on How to learn a new area X that you have no idea about. - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Elo 18 August 2015 05:42AM

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Comment author: Elo 20 August 2015 05:52:06PM *  1 point [-]

Oh no! I don't want to sound mean at all! I suspect that clarity understands their non-mainstream position. And I don't mean it as a bad thing at all; just as a point of declaration. (I tend to find value in non-mainstream myself)

I suppose that its entirely unclear that I value non-mainstream over mainstream unless you know the internal workings of my head. And therefore that non-mainstream is a compliment not an insult - is entirely unclear.

I am going to have to hope that Clarity reads all the posts and makes a reasonably charitable judgement about my comments...

Comment author: [deleted] 20 August 2015 05:55:33PM *  1 point [-]

Maybe this is just the typical mind fallacy, but if I said I like something and someone else says "Oh no!" instead of "Thank you", I wouldn't feel very good.