Furthermore I kind of get why you included Crocker’s rules in the post (still seems a bit unnecessary) but I did not really get why this is important:
It’s a clean illustration and example of the effect that we need to take into account, i.e. the whole reason rationalists have to do this. Once an idea is formed and a “response” is made, it is much harder to change afterwards than if you had been more careful in setting up the “question” in the first place.
Okay, I am just going to point out that that the title suggest that this post is about being nice not about suggestions how to introduce someone to rationality but I guess this is more of a nitpick so I am retracting that second paragraph of my comment.
Agreed. IMO the title feels like it’s writing a bottom-line.
Of course, I see nothing wrong with the conclusion and argument per se, nor with that style if the conclusion was really arrived at through a careful process, but I tend to prefer general titles about the subject, rather than describing the solution and exposing the problem it’s intended to solve later in the text.
It’s a clean illustration and example of the effect that we need to take into account, i.e. the whole reason rationalists have to do this. Once an idea is formed and a “response” is made, it is much harder to change afterwards than if you had been more careful in setting up the “question” in the first place.
Okay, I am just going to point out that that the title suggest that this post is about being nice not about suggestions how to introduce someone to rationality but I guess this is more of a nitpick so I am retracting that second paragraph of my comment.
Agreed. IMO the title feels like it’s writing a bottom-line.
Of course, I see nothing wrong with the conclusion and argument per se, nor with that style if the conclusion was really arrived at through a careful process, but I tend to prefer general titles about the subject, rather than describing the solution and exposing the problem it’s intended to solve later in the text.