Yes, but unfortunately not in a form that could be presented convincingly in a blog comment.
Please try? If not in a blog comment, maybe a top-level post or a discussion post—or, if you think LW would react badly to the topic, in a blog post somewhere else, with a link?
I ask for two reasons: a) I’d like to be a little more certain that there’s truth in PUA before I incorporate yet another heresy into my worldview, and b) for your own sake, it’s immensely clarifying to reify any “mass of observation” into explicit claims with explicit accounts of your evidence. I’ve found (b) immensely helpful before; it’s helped my clear away cant that I didn’t know I labored under.
In fact, I suspect “this is a bad way to express my knowledge” may be a mental stop sign here, as I know it’s been for me in the past. Similarly, “This summarizes my experience,” full stop. It’s hard to argue with, so it’s hard to make clear in your own head.
b) for your own sake, it’s immensely clarifying to reify any “mass of observation” into explicit claims with explicit accounts of your evidence. I’ve found (b) immensely helpful before; it’s helped my clear away cant that I didn’t know I labored under
I agree. However, the problem is that for reasons you’ll probably understand, I’m not sure if I want to write too much about my personal life in public comments on the internet. It’s very hard to write about such things without letting into the public more information than is desirable or prudent.
Fortunately, I am not the only source on this topic. I recommend that you look at the comments left in this thread (and many other ones you’ll easily find by googling) by the commenter HughRistik. He has much more expertise than me in this area and has written a great many lengthy comments about it, all very well written and argued.
Please try? If not in a blog comment, maybe a top-level post or a discussion post—or, if you think LW would react badly to the topic, in a blog post somewhere else, with a link?
I ask for two reasons: a) I’d like to be a little more certain that there’s truth in PUA before I incorporate yet another heresy into my worldview, and b) for your own sake, it’s immensely clarifying to reify any “mass of observation” into explicit claims with explicit accounts of your evidence. I’ve found (b) immensely helpful before; it’s helped my clear away cant that I didn’t know I labored under.
In fact, I suspect “this is a bad way to express my knowledge” may be a mental stop sign here, as I know it’s been for me in the past. Similarly, “This summarizes my experience,” full stop. It’s hard to argue with, so it’s hard to make clear in your own head.
I agree. However, the problem is that for reasons you’ll probably understand, I’m not sure if I want to write too much about my personal life in public comments on the internet. It’s very hard to write about such things without letting into the public more information than is desirable or prudent.
Fortunately, I am not the only source on this topic. I recommend that you look at the comments left in this thread (and many other ones you’ll easily find by googling) by the commenter HughRistik. He has much more expertise than me in this area and has written a great many lengthy comments about it, all very well written and argued.