The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007)

Re:The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007) by bbor on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @08:16PM (#44505185)

I had the same thought, glad you phrased it so succinctly! Surprisingly, a Holocaust-denying white nationalist is not someone you should trust on matters concerning global anthropology.

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Re:The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007) by cAtte_ on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @09:18PM (#44505470)

woah

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Re:The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007) by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @09:21PM (#44505486)

I suspect they were talking about Scott Adams; not Michael Lynch (but it's fuzzy, due to ... unclear writing).

I'm not a huge fan of Scott Adams, because I disagree with his worldview, but I have other hills to die on.

He’s not wrong about this, but he’s just repeating very old “tribal knowledge,” about writing. I’ve been hearing the same advice, since I was a kid. Sometimes, I even follow it.

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Re:The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007) by alvah on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @10:13PM (#44505760)

>Holocaust-denying

Didn't he write "no reasonable person doubts that the Holocaust happened" in the blog post you are referring to? That's an....unusual way to deny the Holocaust.

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Re:The Day You Became a Better Writer (2007) by gblargg on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:01AM (#44506747)

A discredited organization labeled Adams a Holocaust-denier, so NPCs consider him such.

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