I meant simply “putting into Main an article that everyone else would put in Discussion”. There is no single uniting topic for Main, but the idea is that the most important articles should be there—for example exceptionally well written articles, or official announcements of MIRI and CFAR. (The rules are not exact, but I guess in the case of uncertainty you should post in Discussion and wait if someone else will recommend moving to Main. That happens, sometimes.)
I imagine that an article on meditation would be good for Main, if it contained a good description of meditation technique(s), and a list of a scientific articles about specific benefits of meditation. A good description would be one that wouldn’t require familiarity with buddhist words and concepts, and would contain no bullshit. A technical description, like: “do this, and this will happen”; preferably if the same description was also used in the linked research.
I meant simply “putting into Main an article that everyone else would put in Discussion”. There is no single uniting topic for Main, but the idea is that the most important articles should be there—for example exceptionally well written articles, or official announcements of MIRI and CFAR. (The rules are not exact, but I guess in the case of uncertainty you should post in Discussion and wait if someone else will recommend moving to Main. That happens, sometimes.)
I imagine that an article on meditation would be good for Main, if it contained a good description of meditation technique(s), and a list of a scientific articles about specific benefits of meditation. A good description would be one that wouldn’t require familiarity with buddhist words and concepts, and would contain no bullshit. A technical description, like: “do this, and this will happen”; preferably if the same description was also used in the linked research.
Ah, so I should apply Coherent Extrapolated Volition theory to LW user-preferences to decide where to put my posts ;)
Yeah, that would be a good start, though ideally you should apply CEV to make LessWrong posts no longer necessary ;-)