Would there be interest in a more general discussion forum for rationalists, or does one already exist?
I think it would be useful to test the discussion of politics, religion, entertainment, and other topics without ruining lesswrong.
It could attract a wider audience and encourage current lurkers to post.
I’m one of the lurkers that would really like to see such a discussion forum. Since a forums quality is almost solely decided by it’s members a more general forum with the same user base as Less Wrong should easily be superior to most forums even on specialist topics. Maintaining the same high standards of discourse would probably be difficult though since I assume that the focus on rationalist topics here discourages non rationalists from participating, something which wouldn’t be the case on a more general forum.
Would there be interest in a more general discussion forum for rationalists, or does one already exist? I think it would be useful to test the discussion of politics, religion, entertainment, and other topics without ruining lesswrong. It could attract a wider audience and encourage current lurkers to post.
I’m one of the lurkers that would really like to see such a discussion forum. Since a forums quality is almost solely decided by it’s members a more general forum with the same user base as Less Wrong should easily be superior to most forums even on specialist topics. Maintaining the same high standards of discourse would probably be difficult though since I assume that the focus on rationalist topics here discourages non rationalists from participating, something which wouldn’t be the case on a more general forum.