I really liked the Death Note anime. However, I think it’s much more Sherlock-Holmes-ish than what Eliezer is asking for here. It’s been quite a long time since I saw it, but I remember at the time I was annoyed often when both the protagonist and the antagonist would make “very lucky guesses”, deducing something which is possible given the evidence at hand, but far from being the only possibility from said evidence. I haven’t read much Sherlock, but from what I’ve heard, Sherlock similarly makes amazingly lucky guesses. Certainly, EY’s summary of “magically finding the right clues and carrying out magically correct complicated chains of deduction” seems to indicate so.
I’d have to watch the Death Note series again to give any specific examples. Maybe I will do that, but probably not within the next month.
I’ve heard that complaint a lot, and I agree in the case of Sherlock Holmes, but death note seemed somehow plausible.
If you can remember it at all, do you think you could tell me specifically which parts you thought were “lucky guesses”? I like to keep those sorts of things in mind when re-reading.
Like I said, I don’t plan on rewatching the anime any time soon (and I don’t know how the anime differs from the manga). That said, if you’re serious about it, send me a private message and I’ll send you my MSN account so that you can nag me on there so I don’t forget to respond to this. =)
As far as I know, there is no private-message function built in to lesswrong. I prefer to maintain some level of anonymity anyway, and it would hardly be worth creating an account specifically for this purpose. I don’t care that much, though a general idea of which character does it or when would be appreciated.
All that aside, reading it made the whole thing move a lot faster, which probably contributed to the enjoyment, but I otherwise I think they are fairly similar.
Also, if you click on someone else’s name, that is, so you can see a different person’s profile, then there will be a direct link available to message them. But, again, unless they’re actively checking, I don’t think they’ll have any obvious way to know that a message was sent to them.
EDIT: when I said there’s no direct link, I meant “there’s no obvious simple path from just clicking stuff on the front page of LW to get to your inbox”
I really liked the Death Note anime. However, I think it’s much more Sherlock-Holmes-ish than what Eliezer is asking for here. It’s been quite a long time since I saw it, but I remember at the time I was annoyed often when both the protagonist and the antagonist would make “very lucky guesses”, deducing something which is possible given the evidence at hand, but far from being the only possibility from said evidence. I haven’t read much Sherlock, but from what I’ve heard, Sherlock similarly makes amazingly lucky guesses. Certainly, EY’s summary of “magically finding the right clues and carrying out magically correct complicated chains of deduction” seems to indicate so.
I’d have to watch the Death Note series again to give any specific examples. Maybe I will do that, but probably not within the next month.
I’ve heard that complaint a lot, and I agree in the case of Sherlock Holmes, but death note seemed somehow plausible.
If you can remember it at all, do you think you could tell me specifically which parts you thought were “lucky guesses”? I like to keep those sorts of things in mind when re-reading.
Like I said, I don’t plan on rewatching the anime any time soon (and I don’t know how the anime differs from the manga). That said, if you’re serious about it, send me a private message and I’ll send you my MSN account so that you can nag me on there so I don’t forget to respond to this. =)
As far as I know, there is no private-message function built in to lesswrong. I prefer to maintain some level of anonymity anyway, and it would hardly be worth creating an account specifically for this purpose. I don’t care that much, though a general idea of which character does it or when would be appreciated.
All that aside, reading it made the whole thing move a lot faster, which probably contributed to the enjoyment, but I otherwise I think they are fairly similar.
There actually is a private messaging thing built into LW, but it’s not obvious, and there’s no direct link to see incoming messages.
go to http://lesswrong.com/message/inbox to see your inbox (which includes replies to your comments).
Also, if you click on someone else’s name, that is, so you can see a different person’s profile, then there will be a direct link available to message them. But, again, unless they’re actively checking, I don’t think they’ll have any obvious way to know that a message was sent to them.
EDIT: when I said there’s no direct link, I meant “there’s no obvious simple path from just clicking stuff on the front page of LW to get to your inbox”