I agree. I do not link people to LW unless there is an LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion; but there is quite often a LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion. Earlier today, for instance, a friend complained on Facebook that the nation is obsessed with a murder trial and all but ignores several larger-scale tragedies both at home and abroad. I talked about scope insensitivity for a bit, and linked to the LW article on it.
Yeah, I recently noticed that myself—this Anthony trial or whatever. I was thinking to myself what LW article would be most insightful—perhaps the Bayes’ theorem article showing that proving a faked robbery was equivalent to proving Amanda Knox & Sollecito guilty? - but didn’t come up with anything solid.
I agree. I do not link people to LW unless there is an LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion; but there is quite often a LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion. Earlier today, for instance, a friend complained on Facebook that the nation is obsessed with a murder trial and all but ignores several larger-scale tragedies both at home and abroad. I talked about scope insensitivity for a bit, and linked to the LW article on it.
Yeah, I recently noticed that myself—this Anthony trial or whatever. I was thinking to myself what LW article would be most insightful—perhaps the Bayes’ theorem article showing that proving a faked robbery was equivalent to proving Amanda Knox & Sollecito guilty? - but didn’t come up with anything solid.