FWIW the title threw a red flag for me, leading me to expect some poorly reasoned take. I’m not sure why. Reading the Overview section my expectations were immediately reset. Possibly some amount of downvotes are just people reacting to the title without reading or failing to update their sentiment even after reading (I’d like to believe that doesn’t happen on LessWrong but I’m sure it does, especially on long posts that many are likely to skim or not read).
Gordon—I was also puzzled by the initial downvotes. But they happened so quickly that I figured the downvoters hadn’t actually read or digested my essay. Disappointing that this happens on LessWrong, but here we are.
FWIW the title threw a red flag for me, leading me to expect some poorly reasoned take. I’m not sure why. Reading the Overview section my expectations were immediately reset. Possibly some amount of downvotes are just people reacting to the title without reading or failing to update their sentiment even after reading (I’d like to believe that doesn’t happen on LessWrong but I’m sure it does, especially on long posts that many are likely to skim or not read).
Gordon—I was also puzzled by the initial downvotes. But they happened so quickly that I figured the downvoters hadn’t actually read or digested my essay. Disappointing that this happens on LessWrong, but here we are.