Have Attention Spans Been Declining?

Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by axiomaticdoubts on Monday July 24, 2023 @11:48PM (#36857632)

It's not just bloggers. There are computer scientists with publications in top CS conferences that post on LW. For example, Alexander Turner, Dan Hendrycks, Paul Christiano, and Jacob Steinhardt all post there.

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by Zetice on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:21AM (#36861820)

Then the question you should be asking is why choose to post on LW when the value of publishing a paper is substantially higher.

Perhaps because what they post doesn’t hold up to scrutiny from their peers, so they prefer to play in the mud with the folks who won’t notice the issues with their ideas.

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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65% by axiomaticdoubts on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:19AM (#36888852)

People publish blog posts for several reasons. Many see it as a fun, social activity.

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