I’m really surprised this article has such a high rating
My guess at the reason for the high rating would be:
Some people like postings on instrumental rationality, and upvote because they would like to see more of them.
Some people like Eliezer to be active here, and they upvote to signal that they want him to be more active.
There is little overlap.
The people who would rather that Eliezer spend his time on the TDT paper, the rationality book, a clarification of CEV, and HPMoR …, well, those people don’t downvote to signal their preferences.
My guess at the reason for the high rating would be:
Some people like postings on instrumental rationality, and upvote because they would like to see more of them.
Some people like Eliezer to be active here, and they upvote to signal that they want him to be more active.
There is little overlap.
The people who would rather that Eliezer spend his time on the TDT paper, the rationality book, a clarification of CEV, and HPMoR …, well, those people don’t downvote to signal their preferences.