At issue in this thread is that some portion of the audience are not sticking around — and are forming negative conclusions about LW — because the words here come across as hostile, unfriendly, cold, and so on. This is a danger to LW’s goals.
Well, failing at epistemic rationality because we prioritized PR over truth-seeking is an even bigger danger to LW’s goals.
Well, failing at epistemic rationality because we prioritized PR over truth-seeking is an even bigger danger to LW’s goals.