Yes, I understand, but the subject of how to do philosophy is, like, half of Less Wrong. That’s why I kept talking about dissolving semantic problems, reductionism, thinking like a cognitive scientist and an AI programmer. Those are all part of my vision of how to do philosophy, and I talked about them in the post and linked to articles on those subjects, but of course I can’t repeat all of that content in this little blog post.
Don’t be fooled by the count of items on the list devoted to style vs. content. Item #6 is really, really important, and covered in detail throughout the archives of Less Wrong.
In that case, the problem is ironically one of style. Given that #6 is really, really important, you didn’t indicate its importance in any way stylistically. It’s listed smack in a middle of a bunch of writing tips. It’s not bolded or italicized. It doesn’t link or cite any other articles.
Yes, I understand, but the subject of how to do philosophy is, like, half of Less Wrong. That’s why I kept talking about dissolving semantic problems, reductionism, thinking like a cognitive scientist and an AI programmer. Those are all part of my vision of how to do philosophy, and I talked about them in the post and linked to articles on those subjects, but of course I can’t repeat all of that content in this little blog post.
Don’t be fooled by the count of items on the list devoted to style vs. content. Item #6 is really, really important, and covered in detail throughout the archives of Less Wrong.
In that case, the problem is ironically one of style. Given that #6 is really, really important, you didn’t indicate its importance in any way stylistically. It’s listed smack in a middle of a bunch of writing tips. It’s not bolded or italicized. It doesn’t link or cite any other articles.
Sheesh you guys are picky. :)
Seriously though, I’ve improved the original post in response. Thanks.