My impression was that the reddit thread didn’t bring up anything that people don’t already know, but one of the strengths of LessWrong is that it’s socially permissible not to sneer at weird things if they actually make sense.
Like, obviously hiring someone to do nothing but side behind you gives off bad vibes. (The post even acknowledged this briefly, sort of.) But it could also genuinely be a really good idea. So if we can’t do it because of the vibes, that’s a bad thing!
My impression was that the reddit thread didn’t bring up anything that people don’t already know, but one of the strengths of LessWrong is that it’s socially permissible not to sneer at weird things if they actually make sense.
Like, obviously hiring someone to do nothing but side behind you gives off bad vibes. (The post even acknowledged this briefly, sort of.) But it could also genuinely be a really good idea. So if we can’t do it because of the vibes, that’s a bad thing!