Given the expansion of what is considered political, I wonder how long attempting to be apolitical is viable, especially since being apolitical is increasingly being slammed as political in and of itself.
The core topics of this website are already potentially politically controversial, depending on whom you ask:
whether human intelligence exists;
whether rational thinking is the right thing to do;
whether avoiding mindkilling is the right thing to do;
whether science is a valuable thing;
atheism.
(Ironically, the quantum physics sequence is probably the least controversial thing from this perspective.)
And that’s before we get to administrative questions like “which opinions should be banned in the debates” or “what should be done to address the gender imbalance in the community”.
Yeah, we use our definition of politics like “just avoid tribalism, try considering things impartially, and things will be okay”, but that itself invites a response: “that’s just your (political) opinion, man”.
The core topics of this website are already potentially politically controversial, depending on whom you ask:
whether human intelligence exists;
whether rational thinking is the right thing to do;
whether avoiding mindkilling is the right thing to do;
whether science is a valuable thing;
atheism.
(Ironically, the quantum physics sequence is probably the least controversial thing from this perspective.)
And that’s before we get to administrative questions like “which opinions should be banned in the debates” or “what should be done to address the gender imbalance in the community”.
Yeah, we use our definition of politics like “just avoid tribalism, try considering things impartially, and things will be okay”, but that itself invites a response: “that’s just your (political) opinion, man”.