The “we” that is “Less Wrong dot com, and the people who post and comment there” and the “we” that is “the people organizing and attending this local meetup group” are surely not the same “we”, nor is there any good reason to expect any one explanation to capture the essences of both of these sets.
I’m happy about any “we”. that the author of a comment finds appropriate.
When asking questions with the intent to stimulate discussions it’s useful to choose a level of specificity that allows plenty of different answers and not narrow down the field of possible answers unnecessarily.
Who’s “we”?
The “we” that is “Less Wrong dot com, and the people who post and comment there” and the “we” that is “the people organizing and attending this local meetup group” are surely not the same “we”, nor is there any good reason to expect any one explanation to capture the essences of both of these sets.
I’m happy about any “we”. that the author of a comment finds appropriate.
When asking questions with the intent to stimulate discussions it’s useful to choose a level of specificity that allows plenty of different answers and not narrow down the field of possible answers unnecessarily.