Why would anyone so disagree? If this topic isn’t off-topic and mind-killing, is there any topic that is?
I would say yes. I mean, it’s clearly on topic relative the main post, and if instrumental rationality is going to be one of the focuses of the site, then “on topic” for top level posts is necessarily going to be pretty broad.
As for mind-killing, there are certainly topics I think it’s harder to hold a productive conversation on.
I think a comment can be off-topic even though it’s on-topic relative to the main post and the main post is itself on-topic. I’m also worried that people are using too broad a definition of “instrumental rationality”.
I would say yes. I mean, it’s clearly on topic relative the main post, and if instrumental rationality is going to be one of the focuses of the site, then “on topic” for top level posts is necessarily going to be pretty broad.
As for mind-killing, there are certainly topics I think it’s harder to hold a productive conversation on.
I think a comment can be off-topic even though it’s on-topic relative to the main post and the main post is itself on-topic. I’m also worried that people are using too broad a definition of “instrumental rationality”.