Comment author:RobinHanson
07 January 2008 02:23:47PM
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All who love this post, do you love it because it told you something you didn't know before, or because you think it would be great to show others who you don't think understand this point? I worry when our reader's favorite posts are based on how much they agree with the post, instead of how much they learned from it.
It's possible both are true: that the reader understood the point already, but learned a better way to articulate it in an effort to advance another conversation.
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All who love this post, do you love it because it told you something you didn't know before, or because you think it would be great to show others who you don't think understand this point? I worry when our reader's favorite posts are based on how much they agree with the post, instead of how much they learned from it.
It's possible both are true: that the reader understood the point already, but learned a better way to articulate it in an effort to advance another conversation.