I feel the urge to downvote you because I have no idea what you are talking about and you are tripping a lot of the usual quack-alarms. Usually, this is because you (generalized to refer to all people to which I have this reaction) don’t know what you’re talking about, and are not using our language.
As for why it’s important to use our language, consider that any idiot can talk like an outsider, and most of the people who can talk the talk around here are also saying intelligent things. As for the danger of excluding good ideas from outside, I’ve found that I can usually understand outsiders who have something valuable to say.
You are obviously intelligent, but if you want to contribute, you kindof have to read a lot of our background info. I’d like to make this easier, but right now, it’s a slog. Good luck.
Suggesting that a newbie read one million words (literally) before posting doesn’t sound that helpful to me. RationalWiki used to criticize LessWrong for that.
The sequences actually are worth reading. More than the majority of comments on this site, I’d say. The original commenter actually mentioned trying to read every comment. In comparison to the entire comment content of the site, the sequences are not only far more concise but better quality and a much better time investment in general.
“We don’t need more clueless users making confused comments resulting in more responses that try and fail to summarize the sequences in 100 words.”
Have you read the sequences?
I feel the urge to downvote you because I have no idea what you are talking about and you are tripping a lot of the usual quack-alarms. Usually, this is because you (generalized to refer to all people to which I have this reaction) don’t know what you’re talking about, and are not using our language.
As for why it’s important to use our language, consider that any idiot can talk like an outsider, and most of the people who can talk the talk around here are also saying intelligent things. As for the danger of excluding good ideas from outside, I’ve found that I can usually understand outsiders who have something valuable to say.
You are obviously intelligent, but if you want to contribute, you kindof have to read a lot of our background info. I’d like to make this easier, but right now, it’s a slog. Good luck.
Suggesting that a newbie read one million words (literally) before posting doesn’t sound that helpful to me. RationalWiki used to criticize LessWrong for that.
A better suggestion would be the About page, the FAQ and the Welcome thread.
The sequences actually are worth reading. More than the majority of comments on this site, I’d say. The original commenter actually mentioned trying to read every comment. In comparison to the entire comment content of the site, the sequences are not only far more concise but better quality and a much better time investment in general.
“We don’t need more clueless users making confused comments resulting in more responses that try and fail to summarize the sequences in 100 words.”