I got explicit permission from lukeprog to make this post without having lukeprog levels of citations. He’s set a sort of impossible standard for mortals to follow. I agree that I would also like to see such citations, but I’m busy, and this post took me thousands of hours of procrastination and three hours of actual writing. I will do what I can to come back through and add citations later, or address specific citation wants in the comments.
Of course, I’m not actually in a position to give anyone “permission” on such matters. What I remember saying was that “As far as I can tell I am the only one penalized by not including citations, so hopefully you’ll do just fine. I’d rather see the post written than have it be delayed a month or never happen due to an expectation for citations.” Eliezer rarely gave citations, and people seemed to like his posts just fine. And if LW writers begin to think they need to have a lukeprog quantity of citations, then every LW writer will procrastinate on posts until the Singularity happens.
Anyway, thanks for writing this post. I wish I could afford an Aeron. I may get the Furinno.
I got explicit permission from lukeprog to make this post without having lukeprog levels of citations. He’s set a sort of impossible standard for mortals to follow. I agree that I would also like to see such citations, but I’m busy, and this post took me thousands of hours of procrastination and three hours of actual writing. I will do what I can to come back through and add citations later, or address specific citation wants in the comments.
Of course, I’m not actually in a position to give anyone “permission” on such matters. What I remember saying was that “As far as I can tell I am the only one penalized by not including citations, so hopefully you’ll do just fine. I’d rather see the post written than have it be delayed a month or never happen due to an expectation for citations.” Eliezer rarely gave citations, and people seemed to like his posts just fine. And if LW writers begin to think they need to have a lukeprog quantity of citations, then every LW writer will procrastinate on posts until the Singularity happens.
Anyway, thanks for writing this post. I wish I could afford an Aeron. I may get the Furinno.