How charitable of you. I was misinformed: I thought rationalists were (generally) not mind-killed.
That’s easily solved by reading the post from Eliezer about Politics is the Mind-Killer and understanding the advice it makes.
For me to be wrong means you recollected the thought process that went into a one-sentence snipe
If I had only voiced that position in a comment and nowhere else, that might be true. That’s not the case, I have multiple times criticized people for not applying Politics is the Mind-Killer and using political examples to make points that aren’t about politics.
Says the guy who often wades into politics and often takes politically-charged stances on LW/EAF. You seem to be correct, it’s just sad that the topic you are correct about is the LessWrong community.
I talk about politics when I want to make a point about politics. I usually don’t talk about politics when I want to make a point about something else. If you want to make a point about politics it’s unavoidable to talk about politics.
The advice of Politics is the Mind-Killer is that you don’t talk about politics if you want to make a point that isn’t about politics because using political examples makes it harder for the point that isn’t about politics to come through. That post does not advise people not to talk about politics even if people who haven’t read it sometimes use the title as a catchphrase for the position that one shouldn’t talk about politics in general.
It’s a useful heuristic that Eliezer proposed. You write a post titled “Let’s make the truth easier to find” and in it follow heuristics that make the truth harder to find. If your actual goal would be to “Let’s make the truth easier to find” then my feedback would be valuable. Of course, if your goal is to signal that you care about the truth and have certain political positions, then my feedback feels offensive.
That’s easily solved by reading the post from Eliezer about Politics is the Mind-Killer and understanding the advice it makes.
If I had only voiced that position in a comment and nowhere else, that might be true. That’s not the case, I have multiple times criticized people for not applying Politics is the Mind-Killer and using political examples to make points that aren’t about politics.
I talk about politics when I want to make a point about politics. I usually don’t talk about politics when I want to make a point about something else. If you want to make a point about politics it’s unavoidable to talk about politics.
The advice of Politics is the Mind-Killer is that you don’t talk about politics if you want to make a point that isn’t about politics because using political examples makes it harder for the point that isn’t about politics to come through. That post does not advise people not to talk about politics even if people who haven’t read it sometimes use the title as a catchphrase for the position that one shouldn’t talk about politics in general.
It’s a useful heuristic that Eliezer proposed. You write a post titled “Let’s make the truth easier to find” and in it follow heuristics that make the truth harder to find. If your actual goal would be to “Let’s make the truth easier to find” then my feedback would be valuable. Of course, if your goal is to signal that you care about the truth and have certain political positions, then my feedback feels offensive.