in Ye Olden Days of Original Less Wrong when rationalists spent more time talking about rationality there was a whole series of posts arguing for the opposite claim (1, 2, 3)
Oh, and FWIW I don’t think I’m just thinking of Jonah’s three posts mentioned here. Those are about how we normatively should consider arguments. Whereas what I’m thinking of was just an observation about how people in practice tend to perceive writing.
(It’s possible that what I’m thinking of was a comment on one of those posts. My guess is not, because it doesn’t ring a bell as the context for the comment I have in mind, but I haven’t gone through all the comments to confirm yet.)
Oh, and FWIW I don’t think I’m just thinking of Jonah’s three posts mentioned here. Those are about how we normatively should consider arguments. Whereas what I’m thinking of was just an observation about how people in practice tend to perceive writing.
(It’s possible that what I’m thinking of was a comment on one of those posts. My guess is not, because it doesn’t ring a bell as the context for the comment I have in mind, but I haven’t gone through all the comments to confirm yet.)