Pro-tip: HN articles are about 90% noise, 10% signal. Gwern.net is among the latter. > and read your blog critically from a layman's perspective. Average ev

Pro-tip: HN articles are about 90% noise, 10% signal. Gwern.net is among the latter. > and read your blog critically from a layman's perspective. Average everyday "laymen" who get brain tired after the first paragraph are almost certainly not the intended audience. I think he's writing to people who will read and think and digest and understand, who enjoy being challenged, and who probably have some background or context on the subject.