I’m not saying LW discourse is better than those articles; I haven’t read them. I’m saying that it’s better than Twitter discourse, which is a low bar.
I’m not sure why you keep bringing up social media, I haven’t so it’s quite irrelevant to my point.
Your specific point was that LW is better than predicting
96 of the last one civil wars and two depressions
I’m curious if you just think that, or if you actually have evidence demonstrating that LW as a community has a quantifiably better track record than social media. That’s completely beside my point though, since I was never talking about social media.
I’m not saying LW discourse is better than those articles; I haven’t read them. I’m saying that it’s better than Twitter discourse, which is a low bar.
I’m not sure why you keep bringing up social media, I haven’t so it’s quite irrelevant to my point.
Your specific point was that LW is better than predicting
I’m curious if you just think that, or if you actually have evidence demonstrating that LW as a community has a quantifiably better track record than social media. That’s completely beside my point though, since I was never talking about social media.