You’re being bizarrely demanding, and I don’t understand why. Have I done something to offend you somehow? (If I have accidentally offended and there’s some way I could make amends, feel free to PM me.)
I agree that authors advocating an idea should provide examples. That’s why the OP does, in fact, provide some examples (about dolphins, abstract points in ℝ³, and job titles). I also have a couple other cached “in the wild” examples in mind that I intend to include in my reply to Wei (e.g., search for the word eargreyish in Scott Alexander’s “Anti-Reactionary FAQ”). But, as the grandparent mentions, Wei specifically asked if I had any thoughts on four of his comments (which I still haven’t read, incidentally). I can’t possibly have cached such thoughts in advance!
Writing good comments takes nontrivial time and mental energy and given that at least some Less Wrong readers probably have things like jobs (!) or possibly even families (?!), I really don’t think it’s reasonable to infer that someone is incapable of offering a satisfactory reply just because they haven’t replied within a couple days.
I had a really stressful day yesterday. I just got home today. After posting this comment, I want to make dinner and relax and read the new Greg Egan novel for a while. After that, I intend to spend some time writing blog comment replies—to Wei, to Dagon again, to someone on Reddit—and then maybe to some ofyourcomments, if I still have time. (I also need to look up what I need to bring to my DMV appointment tomorrow.) Please be patient with me—although if you’re so dissatisfied by both the post, and my comments so far, then I fear my future comments are unlikely to be that much more to your liking, so it’s not clear why you should be so eager to see them be posted faster.
In conclusion, I’m sorry you didn’t like my blog post about the information theory of dolphins. Please feel free to downvote it if you haven’t already.
You’re being bizarrely demanding, and I don’t understand why. Have I done something to offend you somehow? (If I have accidentally offended and there’s some way I could make amends, feel free to PM me.)
I agree that authors advocating an idea should provide examples. That’s why the OP does, in fact, provide some examples (about dolphins, abstract points in ℝ³, and job titles). I also have a couple other cached “in the wild” examples in mind that I intend to include in my reply to Wei (e.g., search for the word eargreyish in Scott Alexander’s “Anti-Reactionary FAQ”). But, as the grandparent mentions, Wei specifically asked if I had any thoughts on four of his comments (which I still haven’t read, incidentally). I can’t possibly have cached such thoughts in advance!
Writing good comments takes nontrivial time and mental energy and given that at least some Less Wrong readers probably have things like jobs (!) or possibly even families (?!), I really don’t think it’s reasonable to infer that someone is incapable of offering a satisfactory reply just because they haven’t replied within a couple days.
I had a really stressful day yesterday. I just got home today. After posting this comment, I want to make dinner and relax and read the new Greg Egan novel for a while. After that, I intend to spend some time writing blog comment replies—to Wei, to Dagon again, to someone on Reddit—and then maybe to some of your comments, if I still have time. (I also need to look up what I need to bring to my DMV appointment tomorrow.) Please be patient with me—although if you’re so dissatisfied by both the post, and my comments so far, then I fear my future comments are unlikely to be that much more to your liking, so it’s not clear why you should be so eager to see them be posted faster.
In conclusion, I’m sorry you didn’t like my blog post about the information theory of dolphins. Please feel free to downvote it if you haven’t already.