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jennabouche comments on Exercise in rationality: popular quotes, revisited - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2016 03:34:19PM 0 points [-]

I agree that context changes the effectiveness of the advice.

My disapproval stems from the watering down of advice to blanket generalities. Vague enough that everyone might glean something from it, but the lack of specifics can turn it into a casual, flippant throw-away of words in times where more purposeful advice serves better.