If you link me to 1-3 criticisms which you think are clear, pointed, and largely correct, I’ll go give them a skim at least. I’m curious. You are under no obligation to do this but if you do I’ll appreciate it.
...I have, and haven’t found anything good. (I’m ignoring the criticisms hosted on LessWrong itself, which presumably don’t count?) That’s why I asked for specific links. Now it sounds like you don’t actually have anything in mind that you think would stand up to minimal scrutiny.
The RationalWiki article does make some good points about LW having to reinvent the wheel sometimes due to ignorance of disparagement of the philosophical literature. As criticisms go this is extremely minor though… I say similar things about the complaints about Yudkowsky’s views on quantum physics and consciousness.
Do you have a specific criticism? I tried that search, and the first result goes right back to lesswrong itself, you could just link the same article. Second criticism is on the lesswrong subreddit. Third is rational wiki, where apparently some thought experiment called Roko’s Basilisk got out of hand 13 years ago.
Most of the other criticisms are “it looks like a cult”, which is a perfectly fair take, and it arguably is a cult that believes in things that happen to be more true than the beliefs of most humans. Or “a lack of application” for rationality, which was also true, pre machine learning.
If you link me to 1-3 criticisms which you think are clear, pointed, and largely correct, I’ll go give them a skim at least. I’m curious. You are under no obligation to do this but if you do I’ll appreciate it.
Google lesswrong criticism and you’ll find them easily enough.
...I have, and haven’t found anything good. (I’m ignoring the criticisms hosted on LessWrong itself, which presumably don’t count?) That’s why I asked for specific links. Now it sounds like you don’t actually have anything in mind that you think would stand up to minimal scrutiny.
The RationalWiki article does make some good points about LW having to reinvent the wheel sometimes due to ignorance of disparagement of the philosophical literature. As criticisms go this is extremely minor though… I say similar things about the complaints about Yudkowsky’s views on quantum physics and consciousness.
Do you have a specific criticism? I tried that search, and the first result goes right back to lesswrong itself, you could just link the same article. Second criticism is on the lesswrong subreddit. Third is rational wiki, where apparently some thought experiment called Roko’s Basilisk got out of hand 13 years ago.
Most of the other criticisms are “it looks like a cult”, which is a perfectly fair take, and it arguably is a cult that believes in things that happen to be more true than the beliefs of most humans. Or “a lack of application” for rationality, which was also true, pre machine learning.