It all seems to me that it is just a nice, civilised conversation with awareness of biases and the need to keep emotion on hold, as well as, examine assumptions.
That might not seem to amount to much, but it’s an extremely high bar, compared to the average discussion even in rationality hub like SSC.
Good point. On reflection, I think my question is trying to project a criticism of mine regarding the community. Apologies for trying to sneak it in as a question. I seem to have the impression that the community is projecting an image of effective rationality when I can not see practical applications and sometimes I see mistakes of overconfidence towards conclusions. That is what made me think that the community thinks it has found some methodology that is more robust than the usual ones.
Actually getting involved and starting commenting is giving me a better view of what is actually going on. I think I will have to take some time to get a feel of the situation before I voice criticisms.
That plus it’s a more intelligent than average community with shared knowledge and norms of rationality. This is why I personally value LessWrong and am glad it’s making something of a comeback.
That might not seem to amount to much, but it’s an extremely high bar, compared to the average discussion even in rationality hub like SSC.
Good point. On reflection, I think my question is trying to project a criticism of mine regarding the community. Apologies for trying to sneak it in as a question. I seem to have the impression that the community is projecting an image of effective rationality when I can not see practical applications and sometimes I see mistakes of overconfidence towards conclusions. That is what made me think that the community thinks it has found some methodology that is more robust than the usual ones.
Actually getting involved and starting commenting is giving me a better view of what is actually going on. I think I will have to take some time to get a feel of the situation before I voice criticisms.
Thanks!
That plus it’s a more intelligent than average community with shared knowledge and norms of rationality. This is why I personally value LessWrong and am glad it’s making something of a comeback.