Agreed. However, I think you can sort of have your cake and eat it too here. I think you can:
Say that a lot of us believe things that most others see as wacky.
Give examples of those things.
Be clear that a significant number of people on LW don’t believe in a lot of that stuff.
Be clear that belief in that stuff isn’t expected from new members, or expected that you have to eventually reach agreement.
I think 4 is a really good point though and it didn’t occur to me when I wrote my initial comment, so thanks for pointing that out. At the same time, I do still endorse the “filter out people who react strongly against it” part. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all made clear and someone still, seeing that there’s a lot of belief in wacky ideas is turned off, I expect that they wouldn’t have been a good fit for the community anyway and so it’s better to “fail fast”.
Agreed. However, I think you can sort of have your cake and eat it too here. I think you can:
Say that a lot of us believe things that most others see as wacky.
Give examples of those things.
Be clear that a significant number of people on LW don’t believe in a lot of that stuff.
Be clear that belief in that stuff isn’t expected from new members, or expected that you have to eventually reach agreement.
I think 4 is a really good point though and it didn’t occur to me when I wrote my initial comment, so thanks for pointing that out. At the same time, I do still endorse the “filter out people who react strongly against it” part. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all made clear and someone still, seeing that there’s a lot of belief in wacky ideas is turned off, I expect that they wouldn’t have been a good fit for the community anyway and so it’s better to “fail fast”.