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  Dennis Hackethal revised idea #1882.

I went over it first and made few changes. After that, Grammarly recommended that I remove the 'a' before 'criticism' and to remove the 'they are'.

I went over it first and made a few changes. After that, Grammarly recommended that I remove the 'a' before 'criticism' and to remove the 'they are'.

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1895.

Does the ‘a’ mean I made few but significant changes?

#1895·Zelalem Mekonnen, about 2 months ago

This comment doesn’t belong here. It should have been a comment on #1885. And you shouldn’t have removed #1885. I’ll recover it.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1892.

That would mean the revise button would be at the top of the idea. But presumably, people would typically want to revise an idea after they finish reading it. Meaning after they reach the bottom.

#1892·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

It could go both ways. Someone may have already read an idea and just wants to revise it, in which case having to scroll to the bottom is cumbersome.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1891.

I could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.

That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.

#1891·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

That would mean the revise button would be at the top of the idea. But presumably, people would typically want to revise an idea after they finish reading it. Meaning after they reach the bottom.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1888.

The ‘Revise…’ button is hidden when the comment form is open. It makes sense to hide it because it doesn’t belong in that context. But once hidden, the user has no quick way to revise an idea. Maybe the first thing they want to do after opening ideas#show is not comment but revise.

#1888·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

I could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.

That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.

  Dennis Hackethal revised criticism #1886. The revision addresses idea #1887.

Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?

Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?

To avoid scrolling past content, I could remove the autofocus on the textarea unless a certain query parameter is given.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1886.

Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?

#1886·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

The ‘Revise…’ button is hidden when the comment form is open. It makes sense to hide it because it doesn’t belong in that context. But once hidden, the user has no quick way to revise an idea. Maybe the first thing they want to do after opening ideas#show is not comment but revise.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1886.

Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?

#1886·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

Then the autofocus on the textarea would force a scroll basically to the bottom of the page. For sufficiently long ideas, that means scrolling past content the user wants to see.

  Dennis Hackethal submitted criticism #1886.

Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?

  Dennis Hackethal commented on idea #1882.

I went over it first and made few changes. After that, Grammarly recommended that I remove the 'a' before 'criticism' and to remove the 'they are'.

#1882·Zelalem Mekonnen, about 2 months ago

… made few changes.

Did you mean to say ‘a few changes’?
Do you know what the difference is?

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1881.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept that idea as true until it has received criticism. When it has received criticism and until the current criticism is resolved, that idea is seen as false. Since the goal is to live a rational life, we wouldn't act in accordance with that idea. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if related, should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1881·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

When it has received criticism and until the current criticism is resolved, that idea is seen as false.

‘The idea is considered false until all criticism is resolved.’

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1881.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept that idea as true until it has received criticism. When it has received criticism and until the current criticism is resolved, that idea is seen as false. Since the goal is to live a rational life, we wouldn't act in accordance with that idea. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if related, should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1881·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

We accept that idea as true until it has received criticism.

‘until it receives criticism’

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1874.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept the idea as true until it has received a criticism. In which case, until the current criticism isn't resolved, the idea is tentatively seen as false and makes no sense to live in accordance to it. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if they are related should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1874·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

Cool. As discussed privately, I think you’d benefit from working on spelling and grammar.

Try pasting #1874 into Grammarly and revising the idea based on the improvements Grammarly suggests. (Don’t blindly accept word substitutions! Make sure any edits still make sense in the context of how Veritula works.)

Pasting anything you write into Grammarly before you submit it is probably a good policy to adopt in general.

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #1877.

That would probably be stretching the capabilities of Stimulus…

#1877·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

Could probably use Turbo frames instead.

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1869.

The red ‘Criticized’ label could be clickable and filter the displayed comments ‘in place’.

#1869·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

That would probably be stretching the capabilities of Stimulus…

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #1865.

The red ‘Criticized’ label shows how many outstanding criticisms an idea has. For example ‘Criticized (5)’ means the idea has five outstanding criticisms.

But if there are lots of comments, including non-criticisms and addressed criticisms, it’s hard to identify outstanding criticisms.

There should be an easy way to filter comments of a given idea down to only outstanding criticisms.

#1865·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

There could be a separate button to filter comments down.

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1874.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept the idea as true until it has received a criticism. In which case, until the current criticism isn't resolved, the idea is tentatively seen as false and makes no sense to live in accordance to it. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if they are related should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1874·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

Now I’m submitting a criticism that contains a flaw. It has a tpyo.

Try counter-critizing my criticism by pointing out the typo. Observe that the red label saying ‘Criticized’ on #1874 disappears once you submit your criticism.

In other words, your counter-criticism ‘neutralizes’ my criticism.

Revising ideas and submitting counter-criticisms are the two ways to address criticisms.

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1871.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept the idea as true until it has received a criticism. In which case, until the current criticism isn't resolved, the idea is tentatively seen as false and makes no sense to live in accordance to it. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Each idea and criticism, even if they are related must be their its own. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1871·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

… must be their its own.

You’ve introduced a new typo. You should get in the habit of carefully reviewing your texts before you submit them.

If you change “Each idea and criticism, even if they are related must be their its own” to ‘Ideas (including criticisms) should generally be submitted separately even if related’, you get to address both current criticisms.

  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #1871.

If I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept the idea as true until it has received a criticism. In which case, until the current criticism isn't resolved, the idea is tentatively seen as false and makes no sense to live in accordance to it. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Each idea and criticism, even if they are related must be their its own. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.

#1871·Zelalem Mekonnen revised about 2 months ago

Each idea and criticism, even if they are related must be their its own.

The word ‘must’ is too strict here. As I explained in #1870, ideas should generally be submitted separately, but there are exceptions.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on idea #1864.

What if the point an author is trying to make takes multiple ideas? Say we are talking about comic books and I say "DC comics are better than Marvel, because Thor is a better character than Superman, even thou Batman might be a better character than Iron man?"

#1864·Zelalem Mekonnen, about 2 months ago

Good question. That can happen.

It’s ultimately at the author’s discretion. It’s generally best practice to submit one idea at a time.

However, if the author is aware of the risk of receiving bulk criticism but decides the risk is worth the benefit of including multiple ideas in a single post – because multiple ideas are required to make this particular post coherent, say – then that’s his prerogative.

It varies by situation and requires good judgment.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #1865.

The red ‘Criticized’ label shows how many outstanding criticisms an idea has. For example ‘Criticized (5)’ means the idea has five outstanding criticisms.

But if there are lots of comments, including non-criticisms and addressed criticisms, it’s hard to identify outstanding criticisms.

There should be an easy way to filter comments of a given idea down to only outstanding criticisms.

#1865·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

The red ‘Criticized’ label could be clickable and filter the displayed comments ‘in place’.

  Dennis Hackethal revised idea #1866.

The red ‘Criticized’ label could be clickable and lead to a filtered version of ideas#show.

The red ‘Criticized’ label could be a link leading to a filtered version of ideas#show.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #1865.

The red ‘Criticized’ label shows how many outstanding criticisms an idea has. For example ‘Criticized (5)’ means the idea has five outstanding criticisms.

But if there are lots of comments, including non-criticisms and addressed criticisms, it’s hard to identify outstanding criticisms.

There should be an easy way to filter comments of a given idea down to only outstanding criticisms.

#1865·Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

The red ‘Criticized’ label could be clickable and lead to a filtered version of ideas#show.

  Dennis Hackethal submitted criticism #1865.

The red ‘Criticized’ label shows how many outstanding criticisms an idea has. For example ‘Criticized (5)’ means the idea has five outstanding criticisms.

But if there are lots of comments, including non-criticisms and addressed criticisms, it’s hard to identify outstanding criticisms.

There should be an easy way to filter comments of a given idea down to only outstanding criticisms.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on idea #1630.

Synonymous indeed. In a previous video I labeled Deutsch's terms to make them easier to discuss and get a better sense for. You're correct that the specific mapping I use is:
Statements = explicit knowledge
Intuitions = inexplicit knowledge
Drives = unconscious knowledge

#1630·Edwin de WitOP, 3 months ago

In light of (at the time of writing) three outstanding criticisms of your new terminology (#1630), what do you plan to do, if anything?

Some ideas: if you disagree with the criticisms, we could discuss further; if you agree, we could come up with ways to correct the error, like (just spitballing here) revising your terminology going forward or posting disclaimers on previous publications.

Either way, it would be good to reach some sort of conclusion.