I’ve upvoted them because I think they are specifically appropriate and on-topic for this post, even though I agree that they’d be unwelcome on most of LW. When discussing (or researching) contrarian and unpopular ideas, it’s a straight-up mistake (selection and survivorship bias) to limit those ideas to only the semi-contrarian ones that fit into the site’s general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window .
I’ve upvoted them because I think they are specifically appropriate and on-topic for this post, even though I agree that they’d be unwelcome on most of LW. When discussing (or researching) contrarian and unpopular ideas, it’s a straight-up mistake (selection and survivorship bias) to limit those ideas to only the semi-contrarian ones that fit into the site’s general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window .