… unless promoting said view has other costs which exceed the value gained by it’s contribution to the sanity waterline. The recent posting by Josh Elders on ‘celibate pedophelia’ is a prime example of this issue, where there was a non-trivial cost associated with having the article even present on LW.
It’s hard for me to respond now given that the post appears not to be there any more. Could you clarify by explaining the content of the article and what problems it caused?
The post used a lot of words to say very little of interest (I think it was things along the lines of “Vg’f nccnerag gb zr gung zbfg crbcyr jub ner frkhnyyl nggenpgrq gb puvyqera qba’g zbyrfg gurz, vg’f whfg gung lbh bayl urne nobhg gur barf jub qb” and “vg’f boivbhf gung encvat n puvyq uhegf gurz, ohg vg’f abg boivbhf gb zr jul cresbezvat frk npgf jvgu n puvyq jub nterrf gb qb vg vf vaureragyl unezshy”) and reading it made me feel uncomfortable.
I used rot-13 because we don’t want Google keyword searches to turn up any unfortunate associations.
The post used a lot of words to say very little of interest
Well, it generated some interesting discussion in the comments.
reading it made me feel uncomfortable
What about it made you feel uncomfortable? It’s arguments aren’t that difficult to refute (and were refuted in the comments); however, the refutations also apply to a number of other popular beliefs. I suspect it’s this fact that is the real source of discomfort.
… unless promoting said view has other costs which exceed the value gained by it’s contribution to the sanity waterline. The recent posting by Josh Elders on ‘celibate pedophelia’ is a prime example of this issue, where there was a non-trivial cost associated with having the article even present on LW.
It’s hard for me to respond now given that the post appears not to be there any more. Could you clarify by explaining the content of the article and what problems it caused?
The post used a lot of words to say very little of interest (I think it was things along the lines of “Vg’f nccnerag gb zr gung zbfg crbcyr jub ner frkhnyyl nggenpgrq gb puvyqera qba’g zbyrfg gurz, vg’f whfg gung lbh bayl urne nobhg gur barf jub qb” and “vg’f boivbhf gung encvat n puvyq uhegf gurz, ohg vg’f abg boivbhf gb zr jul cresbezvat frk npgf jvgu n puvyq jub nterrf gb qb vg vf vaureragyl unezshy”) and reading it made me feel uncomfortable.
I used rot-13 because we don’t want Google keyword searches to turn up any unfortunate associations.
Well, it generated some interesting discussion in the comments.
What about it made you feel uncomfortable? It’s arguments aren’t that difficult to refute (and were refuted in the comments); however, the refutations also apply to a number of other popular beliefs. I suspect it’s this fact that is the real source of discomfort.