I’ve pondered setting up some kind of “Mindkiller discussion mailing list” and trying to recruit people.
The idea would be to try to practice discussing these topics in a private forum without getting mindkilled. For example, we could try to have a sensible conversation about politics.
The main thing stopping me is that I think to work it’d need an excellent moderator who’d probably burn out quickly.
I’m mildly frightened by the prospect, because I’m mildly frightened by the possibility that my political beliefs so far might be built entirely on my ability to mindkill other people with clever argument. So, yes, I think this is a good if not vital idea.
Indeed I am sympathetic, but people have presented pretty good counterarguments against such a mailing list being formed. There was a wide discussion on this and other ideas in the rational romance thread quite some time ago. It seem recently many people have independently come up with many of the same proposals.
If you people do make one and I’m left out, that’d be pretty ugly of you! Please, please, give me membership in the event of you ever getting up to it. I generally disengage from social situations I can’t succeed at, but here I’d beg and grovel to be let in.
I’ve pondered setting up some kind of “Mindkiller discussion mailing list” and trying to recruit people.
The idea would be to try to practice discussing these topics in a private forum without getting mindkilled. For example, we could try to have a sensible conversation about politics.
The main thing stopping me is that I think to work it’d need an excellent moderator who’d probably burn out quickly.
I’m mildly frightened by the prospect, because I’m mildly frightened by the possibility that my political beliefs so far might be built entirely on my ability to mindkill other people with clever argument. So, yes, I think this is a good if not vital idea.
Konkvistador has been talking about doing something like that …
I mentioned it to him on irc, he seemed sympathetic, but didn’t mention plans of his own.
It’d be interesting whoever does it.
Indeed I am sympathetic, but people have presented pretty good counterarguments against such a mailing list being formed. There was a wide discussion on this and other ideas in the rational romance thread quite some time ago. It seem recently many people have independently come up with many of the same proposals.
If you people do make one and I’m left out, that’d be pretty ugly of you! Please, please, give me membership in the event of you ever getting up to it. I generally disengage from social situations I can’t succeed at, but here I’d beg and grovel to be let in.
:D