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Time wasting fluff. If by some miracle you came here to the comments before reading the piece, skip it.
by softbuilder 17y ago
Time wasting fluff. If by some miracle you came here to the comments before reading the piece, skip it.
- petercooper 17y agoI usually read the HN comments before the article and so I didn't read this piece, but... I already bought and read Aaron's Authoritas book so have read 200+ pages of this sort of stuff before. Oops.. :) (Oddly, though, I'd still recommend the book. I couldn't put it down - it was like watching a car crash in slow motion.)
- lamby 17y agoOut of interest, do you take any steps to ensure your viewpoint isn't biased by the comments before reading a linked piece?
- petercooper 17y agoLuckily, most of the posts on Hacker News that I find interesting don't lend themselves to biases (i.e. the non political or evangelical posts). With the more political or evanglical posts, though, I think the human mind is wired to defend its initial opinion for a certain amount of time no matter what it reads ;-)
- axod 17y agoThanks. I always check comments first. I read the last rant from Aaron on this subject, so think I'll skip this one.
- kelnos 17y agoAlmost: I started reading, and stopped when I got to the sex analogy to see what the comments were saying. I have no intention of going back and reading the rest. I really hate analogies in general because they always come up short. Of course, the degree of this depends on the one making the analogy... I'm not saying there's isn't such a thing as a good analogy, but they seem to be few and far between. The sexual reproduction vs. idea/execution bit... not a good analogy.