No. I had not. I see why you ROT-13rd it, and that does make it seem like rationality related material. At a glance, this looked more like a general link with ROT-13 to avoid influencing us with your opinion prematurely. I’m not sure if this is a good or a bad thing, but I do think it will likely reduce how many people bother to read it.
Right, that’s the tradeoff. I considered putting “I promise this is relevant” somewhere, but that still might put people on their guard. Since I’m worried the test is too easy as it is, having a lower number of readers take a stronger test seemed like the right call.
Is there a reason this is rationality related? I know a lot of us care about tech issues, but this doesn’t seem terribly on topic.
Did you read the rot13′d text? EDIT: But read the article first if you want to actually get value from this post.
No. I had not. I see why you ROT-13rd it, and that does make it seem like rationality related material. At a glance, this looked more like a general link with ROT-13 to avoid influencing us with your opinion prematurely. I’m not sure if this is a good or a bad thing, but I do think it will likely reduce how many people bother to read it.
Right, that’s the tradeoff. I considered putting “I promise this is relevant” somewhere, but that still might put people on their guard. Since I’m worried the test is too easy as it is, having a lower number of readers take a stronger test seemed like the right call.