Weighted Error Rates [CF Article]

[Lebowski]

@Elliot

I think the more appropriate thing to do would be to try to understand what I said before trying to argue with it.

I wasn’t intentionally trying to argue with it.

My perspective: I read the article & thought I understood it enough to have an opinion about something that seemed like a major point. I tried to think of some ways my opinion might be wrong. I didn’t come to a conclusion about whether my opinion was right or wrong (and I still haven’t).

Often in the past I haven’t posted opinions of this sort after reading your articles. I have been trying to post more opinions because of:

Elliot's Suggestions

Reply to every one of my articles that you read with a one sentence opinion. Saying more is fine but don’t get hung up trying to say something longer or important. The best opinions relate to a major point, not a minor detail. Commenting on minor details is OK sometimes but e.g. less than a third of the time. This has multiple purposes. It’d give some feedback. It’d also help clarify who is making the effort to read things (and to write brief comments). It can help you get credit if you’re actua…

Maybe I misunderstood that suggestion as favoring the kind of post I wrote when that’s not actually what you meant.

Otherwise, I don’t know if you think my opinion indicated misunderstanding the point you made in the article, or was about a minor rather than major point, or something else. And I don’t know what made my post an argument.