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> It doesn't make any difference and doesn't invalidate my critique. It appears to be a science communication book, so it could easily be a web page. Even if it was a LaTeXish PDF there were multiple ways to not making it a PDF that resembles a scientific article, there's a precise choice being made about how to communicate. The medium is the message.

If this is really your response, I agree with your original comment about you being burned-out.




Shifting from addressing the substance to referencing a personal remark like my joke about “burning out” from AI hype doesn't strength your argument. I expected more from someone in “EA/rationalism”. In retrospect, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised when substantive critique about presentation format gets poisoned with a personal comment rather than discussing the actual points about how scientific information is communicated. The medium is indeed the message. Bye.




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