I’m also confused about the degree of downvotes. (It’s not really new content for LessWrong but I’m happy to see more rationality content on the margin, even if it’s re-covering the basics)
(I do think opening with “you have ‘zero’ chance of being intellectually wise without this” is some combination of “not necessarily true” and “sure sounds like you need to have resolved the ambiguity of what counts as intellectually wise to be sure of that”, and wish that line was different)
I downvoted it for the first paragraph alone. The rest gave me no reason to change my mind, and only barely enough reason not to give it a strong downvote.
I’m also confused about the degree of downvotes. (It’s not really new content for LessWrong but I’m happy to see more rationality content on the margin, even if it’s re-covering the basics)
(I do think opening with “you have ‘zero’ chance of being intellectually wise without this” is some combination of “not necessarily true” and “sure sounds like you need to have resolved the ambiguity of what counts as intellectually wise to be sure of that”, and wish that line was different)
I downvoted it for the first paragraph alone. The rest gave me no reason to change my mind, and only barely enough reason not to give it a strong downvote.
fair’nuff