There was a string of decision theory and anthropics posts (including various dilemmas—sleeping beauty, counterfactual mugging, etc.), which I assume are the sort Phil Goetz prefers, that included some math.
It was obvious in the comments who had done their homework. Among those who didn’t bother with the technical details, very few made an entertaining or valuable contribution.
It’s fine for less people to be interested in posts with a significant technical component. It’s merely a smaller audience, and the lower numbers of comments and votes shouldn’t discourage those interested in such discussions. Hopefully people who don’t care to fully understand such a post can avoid rashly commenting on it.
This is a nice idea.
There was a string of decision theory and anthropics posts (including various dilemmas—sleeping beauty, counterfactual mugging, etc.), which I assume are the sort Phil Goetz prefers, that included some math.
It was obvious in the comments who had done their homework. Among those who didn’t bother with the technical details, very few made an entertaining or valuable contribution.
It’s fine for less people to be interested in posts with a significant technical component. It’s merely a smaller audience, and the lower numbers of comments and votes shouldn’t discourage those interested in such discussions. Hopefully people who don’t care to fully understand such a post can avoid rashly commenting on it.