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by gwern 4356 days ago
> But now you are arguing the "it would be better if you did Y instead of X, so therefore stop doing X" fallacy.

That's not a fallacy, that's just good advice. If this Swedish dude wants praise, he should spend his time doing things which are genuinely good, not dubious and possibly net-negative in the long run.