Thanks! Your explanation makes a lot of sense. I think ~20h of work is reasonable for an exploratory Forum post (the majority of my posts have taken less time[1]). Re lots of uncritical comments, I do think my comment (right now the top comment) is fairly critical: the implication of “I think this ranking neglects to track the most important factor” is pretty damning in terms of decision-relevancy. But it’s possible my words were too sugarcoated.
Thanks Linch, I think the amount of time /effort probably depends on the topic, and is unfortunately very difficult to make much progress on “ranking ten people’s entire life impact” with 20 hours. For many posts, 2 hours of effort would suffice, it just depends on the topic! But I’m certain reasonable people can disagree here
I also think the tone of the comments has shifted since I posted this, and ironically the number of people who agree with my comments might suggest that I was wrong to be concerned.
Thanks! Your explanation makes a lot of sense. I think ~20h of work is reasonable for an exploratory Forum post (the majority of my posts have taken less time[1]). Re lots of uncritical comments, I do think my comment (right now the top comment) is fairly critical: the implication of “I think this ranking neglects to track the most important factor” is pretty damning in terms of decision-relevancy. But it’s possible my words were too sugarcoated.
I would guess this post took 15-20h, and this post took ~5-8, including reading the primary source
Thanks Linch, I think the amount of time /effort probably depends on the topic, and is unfortunately very difficult to make much progress on “ranking ten people’s entire life impact” with 20 hours. For many posts, 2 hours of effort would suffice, it just depends on the topic! But I’m certain reasonable people can disagree here
I also think the tone of the comments has shifted since I posted this, and ironically the number of people who agree with my comments might suggest that I was wrong to be concerned.