(1) using downvotes here to express disagreement with a prima-facie ‘OK’ view of the world that hasn’t yet been discussed
To clarify: I think it’s OK to some degree to downvote stuff for being false—we do want to incentivize accuracy, after all. But I don’t think otherwise-OK comments should be downvoted for the −20 level merely for being mistaken. (Especially when they’re expressing a novel/interesting view that’s false for subtle reasons.)
To clarify: I think it’s OK to some degree to downvote stuff for being false—we do want to incentivize accuracy, after all. But I don’t think otherwise-OK comments should be downvoted for the −20 level merely for being mistaken. (Especially when they’re expressing a novel/interesting view that’s false for subtle reasons.)