It seems like you need this labeled DISCLAIMER so you can perform ACTION: CONSIDER WHETHER NOT TO READ instead of, well, parsing the information and acting based on the model it gives you.
Model building is cognitively taxing. I usually just go by the general expectation that someone wouldn’t post on LW unless they think most readers would get positive value from reading it. It seems right to disclaim this when you already have a model and your model doesn’t predict this.
My expectation that most people trying seriously to read it would get value out of it. My expectation is also that most people aren’t really trying seriously, and that the kind of signposting you’re asking for is mostly a substitute for rather than a complement to the kind of reading that would get value out of this. It’s surprising to me that you’re asking for this given the quality of thought reflected in your own writing, so I’ll continue to give it thought and I really am confused about what’s going on here, but that’s my current position.
Model building is cognitively taxing. I usually just go by the general expectation that someone wouldn’t post on LW unless they think most readers would get positive value from reading it. It seems right to disclaim this when you already have a model and your model doesn’t predict this.
My expectation that most people trying seriously to read it would get value out of it. My expectation is also that most people aren’t really trying seriously, and that the kind of signposting you’re asking for is mostly a substitute for rather than a complement to the kind of reading that would get value out of this. It’s surprising to me that you’re asking for this given the quality of thought reflected in your own writing, so I’ll continue to give it thought and I really am confused about what’s going on here, but that’s my current position.