shokwave comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - LessWrong

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Comment author: Bugmaster 27 November 2012 10:02:50AM 5 points [-]

I have to respectfully disagree. The articles on Main are usually a bit more structured: they have a specific point to make, and they outline the reasoning and evidence that would lead one to conclude that the point is true.

This article doesn't seem to have a central point, and it doesn't offer any reasoning. It contains a bunch of interesting anecdotes, and it is great for creating discussion, but it doesn't belong in Main.

Please don't misunderstand: I'm not saying that the article is bad (in fact, I do like it), only that it doesn't belong in Main.

Comment author: shokwave 27 November 2012 07:38:45PM 3 points [-]

they have a specific point to make, and they outline the reasoning and evidence that would lead one to conclude that the point is true .... It contains a bunch of interesting anecdotes, and it is great for creating discussion

I had the impression, reading the post, that this does have a specific point to make ("many of the problems of a male-dominated culture stem from availability biases and can be mitigated by providing information"). Rather than reason that it would be true, they're simply undertaking to carry it out.