How do we know when we are going over board chasing perfection and instead we should just ship it?
You know how in detective stories the detective is sometimes suspicious of an explanation because it's too neat? That happens in essays too. I had the sweetest final paragraph in an essay I'm writing, but it was too neat. So I dug in, and managed to disprove it.
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That is a distinct question. Here I'm talking about something that looked good but was actually bad.
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would this be one case of the "too neat" situation you're describing? https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/13/proving-too-much/ …
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I’d love to know the topic... care to share anyway?
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Does it happen in startups too ?
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If you livestreamed an essay, talking out loud as you wrote, people would watch. Can’t say that for many writers.
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You sometimes have to overlook the facts for the sake of prose and poetry. It's art.
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Also in science, when the results of an experiment are too good to be true then there is almost always a bug or design flaw somewhere.
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Does this mean I should feel good when I sense my essays have gaps and holes?
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Sadly, no. That's the opposite problem.
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