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ChristianKl comments on Marketing Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: Viliam 18 November 2015 01:43PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 25 November 2015 11:08:01AM 0 points [-]

If he thinks that writing at a lower-level than most rationality content is currently written will help make the world a better place, he'll actually go and do it, even if it feels weird or unpleasant to him.

I'm not sure whether that's a good idea. Writing that feels weird to the author is also going to transmit that vibe to the audience. We don't want rationality to be associated with feeling weird and unpleasant.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 November 2015 03:34:23PM 2 points [-]

We don't want rationality to be associated with feeling weird

/thinks about empty train tracks and open barn doors... :-/