It seems to me inconsistent to suggest that a random LW user can usefully “do the research” but cannot usefully extract information from other random LW users, some of which probably believe that they have “done the research.”
There’s a selection bias problem, the people most likely to comment are those with strongly held outlier veiws rather than the majority who have considered the problem and come to some moderate solution.
It seems to me inconsistent to suggest that a random LW user can usefully “do the research” but cannot usefully extract information from other random LW users, some of which probably believe that they have “done the research.”
There’s a selection bias problem, the people most likely to comment are those with strongly held outlier veiws rather than the majority who have considered the problem and come to some moderate solution.