This fact should be fixed by some articles on the wiki, with references to the previous discussions (so that you can substantiate you claim with a link, explaining to any newcommer where to look). This point seems to fit in the concepts of Truth and Self-deception; the latter article is currently almost empty.
The wiki is a good starting tool, but it’s not yet as fully developed as I would like. I’m still working to develop sufficient background knowledge of the discussions, assumptions, and definitions used in Less Wrong so as to be sufficiently confident in commenting.
So I will forgive the occasions when someone who sincerely wants information and thoughtful reactions stumbles into spaces that have already been well-trodden.
Nevertheless, the wiki itself isn’t yet fully developed with interconnections and links to definitions: until such internal tagging is complete, newer people will sometimes fail to find what they are searching for and will instead ask it directly.
I welcome these questions being asked, and if only as a sign that Less Wrong does not encourage self-censorship (which, I gather from conversations elsewhere, may have been a concern on Overcoming Bias).
Of course the wiki is still in its infancy. All the more reason to shape it by contributing your own synthesis of the discussed concepts, especially when these concepts leave the impression of having been discussed to death.
This fact should be fixed by some articles on the wiki, with references to the previous discussions (so that you can substantiate you claim with a link, explaining to any newcommer where to look). This point seems to fit in the concepts of Truth and Self-deception; the latter article is currently almost empty.
ETA: Costs of rationality is a closer match.
The wiki is a good starting tool, but it’s not yet as fully developed as I would like. I’m still working to develop sufficient background knowledge of the discussions, assumptions, and definitions used in Less Wrong so as to be sufficiently confident in commenting.
So I will forgive the occasions when someone who sincerely wants information and thoughtful reactions stumbles into spaces that have already been well-trodden.
Nevertheless, the wiki itself isn’t yet fully developed with interconnections and links to definitions: until such internal tagging is complete, newer people will sometimes fail to find what they are searching for and will instead ask it directly.
I welcome these questions being asked, and if only as a sign that Less Wrong does not encourage self-censorship (which, I gather from conversations elsewhere, may have been a concern on Overcoming Bias).
Of course the wiki is still in its infancy. All the more reason to shape it by contributing your own synthesis of the discussed concepts, especially when these concepts leave the impression of having been discussed to death.