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I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about the stuff that comes from lesswrong.com feels, well, wrong. Maybe its an air of being too certain about
by russellallen 16y ago
I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about the stuff that comes from lesswrong.com feels, well, wrong.
Maybe its an air of being too certain about things - a lack of doubt?
- Jach 16y agoThe style of writing shouldn't affect your degree of belief in the actual statements. (Unfortunately for humans it does.) What's your view on certainty? What's your view on humility? What's your view on essay writing? (e.g. Paul Graham's vs. standard school view) What's your view on journalism and reporting? (e.g. he-said-she-said who really knows vs. here's some facts vs. Fox News)
- russellallen 16y agoYour first sentence is sort of what I mean. The medium and the message are not unrelated; the first isn't just one of many possible carriers for the second. This isn't 1910 any more, and any reinvigorated modernism must coherently respond to post-modernism.