(I don’t necessarily disagree with your points, I was simply making a relevant factual claim; yet you seem to have unhesitatingly interpreted my factual claim as automatically implying all sorts of things about what policies I would or would not endorse. Hm...)
I didn’t interpret it as anything about what gov. policies you’d endorse. I did infer you agreed with Steven’s comment. But anyway, my first comment may not have been clear enough, and I think the second comment should be a useful explication of the first one.
(Actually, I meant to type “Maybe… isn’t the right analysis...” or “Maybe… is the wrong analysis...” That was intended as acknowledgement of the reasons to be cautious about talking policy. But I botched that part. Oops.)
I didn’t interpret it as anything about what gov. policies you’d endorse
By “policies” I meant “norms of discourse on Less Wrong”. I don’t have any strong opinions about them; I don’t unhesitatingly agree with Steven’s opinion. Anyway I’m glad this thread didn’t end up in needless animosity; I’m worried that discussing discussing global warming, or more generally discussing what should be discussed, might be more heated than discussing global warming itself.
(I don’t necessarily disagree with your points, I was simply making a relevant factual claim; yet you seem to have unhesitatingly interpreted my factual claim as automatically implying all sorts of things about what policies I would or would not endorse. Hm...)
I didn’t interpret it as anything about what gov. policies you’d endorse. I did infer you agreed with Steven’s comment. But anyway, my first comment may not have been clear enough, and I think the second comment should be a useful explication of the first one.
(Actually, I meant to type “Maybe… isn’t the right analysis...” or “Maybe… is the wrong analysis...” That was intended as acknowledgement of the reasons to be cautious about talking policy. But I botched that part. Oops.)
By “policies” I meant “norms of discourse on Less Wrong”. I don’t have any strong opinions about them; I don’t unhesitatingly agree with Steven’s opinion. Anyway I’m glad this thread didn’t end up in needless animosity; I’m worried that discussing discussing global warming, or more generally discussing what should be discussed, might be more heated than discussing global warming itself.
Yeah. I thought of making another thread for this issue.