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So? That means nothing as to the quality or even topic of their blog content. Unless blogs started receiving peer review while I wasn't paying attention, ther
by Zetice 3y ago
So? That means nothing as to the quality or even topic of their blog content.
Unless blogs started receiving peer review while I wasn't paying attention, there's likely a reason any given content lives there and not in an academic paper.
- cubefox 3y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36852187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36852187
- Zetice 3y agoWrong submission about attention.
- axiomaticdoubts 3y agoWell, yeah, blogs are not academic journals. And if a blog post disagrees with academic consensus, the academic consensus will be right the vast majority of the time. But this applies to all blogs on the internet, not only those on LessWrong.
- Zetice 3y agoThe issue is that LW, more than most, is seemingly unaware of this fact.