I’m currently reading through the document, and yes, it definitely should. The present format is an unprofessional-looking eyesore, and the references are presented in a weird, clumsy, and inconsistent way. Using Latex/Bibtex would solve both problems easily and effectively.
(Personally, I can’t fathom why anyone capable of grasping the notion of a markup language would ever want to write a document longer than five pages in Word instead of Latex.)
From a list of warning signs of a FAIL in an attempt to solve a famous problem:
The paper doesn’t build on (or in some cases even refer to) any previous work.
The paper wastes lots of space on standard material.
I would disagree that this paper doesn’t build on or take notice of previous work. It takes note of EDT and CDT and quite properly puts the focus on the point of departure of this work—specifically, the handling of contrafactuals. I’m quite happy with that aspect of the paper. My complaint was (8) that it wasted far too much space doing it.
And, perhaps as a result of wasting so much time and space in preparation, it never reached its proper conclusion.
Also, it is not completely clear the Aronson’s list of warning signs really applies here. Eliezer is not solving a famous problem here. Most non-philosophers don’t think that a problem even exists. So, he does have to provide an explanation of why TDT is needed. Just not so much explanation.
Also, it is not completely clear the Aronson’s list of warning signs really applies here.
Nor do I, and I would in any case suggest that some of them are screened off. There’s only so many times you can count ‘non-conventional’ as evidence.
I incidentally found some of the extra explanation handy purely as revision of various topics that it hadn’t particularly occurred to me were relevant.
And, perhaps as a result of wasting so much time and space in preparation, it never reached its proper conclusion.
I do hope someone goes ahead and finishes it. Including things like writing out that bibliography at the end and writing up the maths.
I wonder if it should be reformatted in LaTeX to pass item #1 from here.
It should be reformated in LaTeX so that it will look much much nicer.
I’m currently reading through the document, and yes, it definitely should. The present format is an unprofessional-looking eyesore, and the references are presented in a weird, clumsy, and inconsistent way. Using Latex/Bibtex would solve both problems easily and effectively.
(Personally, I can’t fathom why anyone capable of grasping the notion of a markup language would ever want to write a document longer than five pages in Word instead of Latex.)
7 and 8 are already a lost cause. :)
From a list of warning signs of a FAIL in an attempt to solve a famous problem:
The paper doesn’t build on (or in some cases even refer to) any previous work.
The paper wastes lots of space on standard material.
I would disagree that this paper doesn’t build on or take notice of previous work. It takes note of EDT and CDT and quite properly puts the focus on the point of departure of this work—specifically, the handling of contrafactuals. I’m quite happy with that aspect of the paper. My complaint was (8) that it wasted far too much space doing it. And, perhaps as a result of wasting so much time and space in preparation, it never reached its proper conclusion.
Also, it is not completely clear the Aronson’s list of warning signs really applies here. Eliezer is not solving a famous problem here. Most non-philosophers don’t think that a problem even exists. So, he does have to provide an explanation of why TDT is needed. Just not so much explanation.
Nor do I, and I would in any case suggest that some of them are screened off. There’s only so many times you can count ‘non-conventional’ as evidence.
I incidentally found some of the extra explanation handy purely as revision of various topics that it hadn’t particularly occurred to me were relevant.
I do hope someone goes ahead and finishes it. Including things like writing out that bibliography at the end and writing up the maths.