I personally think that the purpose of text is to share information that’s decision-relevant, and everything else is secondary.
Being humans gives a reason for making all sorts of mistakes / imprecise things, I think it’s OK as long as the information is not misleading, otherwise it’s worth sending a (polite) correction.
Thank you for replying several times and sharing your perspective. I appreciate that.
I think this kind of attitude to quotes, and some related widespread attitudes (where intellectual standards could be raised), is lowering the effectiveness of EA as a whole by over 20%. Would anyone like to have a serious discussion about this potential path to dramatically improving EA’s effectiveness?
I personally think that the purpose of text is to share information that’s decision-relevant, and everything else is secondary.
Being humans gives a reason for making all sorts of mistakes / imprecise things, I think it’s OK as long as the information is not misleading, otherwise it’s worth sending a (polite) correction.
Thank you for replying several times and sharing your perspective. I appreciate that.
I think this kind of attitude to quotes, and some related widespread attitudes (where intellectual standards could be raised), is lowering the effectiveness of EA as a whole by over 20%. Would anyone like to have a serious discussion about this potential path to dramatically improving EA’s effectiveness?