Please read this in the most loving-kindness way possible: every time I see a LW post starting with a paragraph of hedging and self-deprecation (which is about half of them), I feel like taking the author by their shoulders and shaking them violently until they gain some self-confidence.
Let the reader judge for themselves whether the post is misguided, badly structured, or repetitive. I guarantee nothing bad will happen to you if they come to this conclusion themselves. The worst thing that could happen is that Someone On The Internet will think bad things about you, but I let me assure you, this will not be any worse if you leave out the hedging.
Note: people will be more likely to attack your idea (i.e. provide you with valuable feedback, i.e. this is a good thing) if you seem to stand behind the idea (i.e. if you leave out the hedging).
Before someone says something about conveying confidence levels:
Saying your post is “rambling” and “repetitive” has nothing to do with confidence levels.
Thanks for the feedback! I will remove most of the hedging and self-deprecation. Mainly because of your point about making people more likely to attack my reasoning.
By the way, in my case the hedging and self-deprecation doesn’t come from a lack of self-confidence.
Please read this in the most loving-kindness way possible: every time I see a LW post starting with a paragraph of hedging and self-deprecation (which is about half of them), I feel like taking the author by their shoulders and shaking them violently until they gain some self-confidence.
Let the reader judge for themselves whether the post is misguided, badly structured, or repetitive. I guarantee nothing bad will happen to you if they come to this conclusion themselves. The worst thing that could happen is that Someone On The Internet will think bad things about you, but I let me assure you, this will not be any worse if you leave out the hedging.
Note: people will be more likely to attack your idea (i.e. provide you with valuable feedback, i.e. this is a good thing) if you seem to stand behind the idea (i.e. if you leave out the hedging).
Before someone says something about conveying confidence levels:
Saying your post is “rambling” and “repetitive” has nothing to do with confidence levels.
Insight porn[1] doesn’t need confidence levels.
On the other hand, I have to commend you for not starting your paragraph of hedging with the phrase “Epistemic status”.
By “insight porn” I mean a genre of writing, I don’t mean this as a derogatory term.
Thanks for the feedback! I will remove most of the hedging and self-deprecation. Mainly because of your point about making people more likely to attack my reasoning.
By the way, in my case the hedging and self-deprecation doesn’t come from a lack of self-confidence.
Nice! I find it much more pleasant to read :)