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P*riah's avatar

Bold of you to assume I know I know anything at all.

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Stephen from Trenchant Edges's avatar

Ah, but if you know you know nothing then you know at least one thing.

Checkmate, atheists.

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SinoGlowy's avatar

Soo, I feel I have to address elephant in the room, which is repetition. I mean, this post has some valid points (like your adventures with psychology or thing about autodidact physicists or need for edges) but I swear I've read your points about contrarianism a couple times here. Stop trying to hit X hundreds of words and get to the point you didn't make before.

Consolidation on other platform is great idea, but you will have to cut out a lot of text.

When I think about it now, changing to new schedule with two big posts instead of five small is very good idea.

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Stephen from Trenchant Edges's avatar

Yeah, it's a trickier thing to navigate than it maybe looks.

Not only do I need to avoid repetition and keep newer readers informed, but I've also just got to keep in mind what I've said before and what I haven't. This wasn't even something I planned on writing this long and from your reaction I'm guessing there's a lot more to cut than the repetition.

The ability to ruthlessly cut is something I'm looking more forward to do.

"I'm sorry for writing such a long letter, I didn't have the time to write a shorter one." -Mark Twain, maybe.

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In Human Form's avatar

Reminds me of the “there are known knowns” Rumsfeldism.

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