remaining politics-free keeps us more level-headed about other issues, and because it avoids driving away the rather sizable population of rationalists who hate politics.
Is everybody here interested in everything here?
Probably not, so why shouldn’t the people who don’t like politics just avoid the political stuff (just like the people not interested in AI just ignore the AI posts)?
Because some people, otherwise valuable and great to have around, will disapprove of someone as soon as they know he/she is interested in politics. They can’t help seeing that as a mark of bad character.
I don’t know of anyone who thinks “I can’t respect her; she has this thing about AI.”
Is everybody here interested in everything here?
Probably not, so why shouldn’t the people who don’t like politics just avoid the political stuff (just like the people not interested in AI just ignore the AI posts)?
Because some people, otherwise valuable and great to have around, will disapprove of someone as soon as they know he/she is interested in politics. They can’t help seeing that as a mark of bad character.
I don’t know of anyone who thinks “I can’t respect her; she has this thing about AI.”