I would guess that one reason why you had a strong reaction, and/or why several people upvoted you so quickly, was because you/they were worried that my post would be understood by some as “censorship=good” or “LessWrong needs way more policing”.
If so, I think that’s a great point! It’s similar to my original point!
Things get misunderstood all the time.
I tried my best to make my post understandable. I tried my best to condition it so that people wouldn’t misinterpret or overinterpret it. But then my post was misunderstood (from what I can tell, unless I’m seriously misunderstanding Ben here) literally happened within 30 minutes.
My attempt provably failed. I’ll try harder next time.
A bit more thinking;
I would guess that one reason why you had a strong reaction, and/or why several people upvoted you so quickly, was because you/they were worried that my post would be understood by some as “censorship=good” or “LessWrong needs way more policing”.
If so, I think that’s a great point! It’s similar to my original point!
Things get misunderstood all the time.
I tried my best to make my post understandable. I tried my best to condition it so that people wouldn’t misinterpret or overinterpret it. But then my post was misunderstood (from what I can tell, unless I’m seriously misunderstanding Ben here) literally happened within 30 minutes.
My attempt provably failed. I’ll try harder next time.