To me this is acceptable as a discussion level post, but it doesn’t feel terribly important one way or another. However, many commenters such as yourself do seem to care about what goes where, and I’m curious why. Is it because you’re using an rss reader and it’s distracting to have non-substantive posts show up?
Okay. I.. think my preference is a cached preference from seeing other people do it. On the other hand, my brain offers a signal-to-noise ratio response, that most discussion level posts should meet a certain standard (I am not aware of what the standard is).
I imagine that top level posts are well-worked through, with new ideas most people are very interested in here and can have a large and fruitful discussions about. Then discussion posts are like the former except can be less worked out and/or more specialised, like all the formal logic ones we’re getting. Then open threads have actual discussion topics. I like this idea.
This topic isn’t new and there isn’t much new offered in the post. On the other hand, I would advise the author to read Tegmark’s ‘Our Mathematical Universe’ to find an excellent discussion of what the MWI implies for immortality and number of yous.
No RSS, just preferences about where non-substantive posts show up.
To me this is acceptable as a discussion level post, but it doesn’t feel terribly important one way or another. However, many commenters such as yourself do seem to care about what goes where, and I’m curious why. Is it because you’re using an rss reader and it’s distracting to have non-substantive posts show up?
Okay. I.. think my preference is a cached preference from seeing other people do it. On the other hand, my brain offers a signal-to-noise ratio response, that most discussion level posts should meet a certain standard (I am not aware of what the standard is).
I imagine that top level posts are well-worked through, with new ideas most people are very interested in here and can have a large and fruitful discussions about. Then discussion posts are like the former except can be less worked out and/or more specialised, like all the formal logic ones we’re getting. Then open threads have actual discussion topics. I like this idea.
This topic isn’t new and there isn’t much new offered in the post. On the other hand, I would advise the author to read Tegmark’s ‘Our Mathematical Universe’ to find an excellent discussion of what the MWI implies for immortality and number of yous.
No RSS, just preferences about where non-substantive posts show up.