I have come up with an experiment (well, an article topic) which I hope will shed some light on whether Less Wrong can handle talking about politics, and what sort of approach to use when doing so. I’m going to delay asking people what they think norms should be until after the results of that have been seen. I think the important thing is to only pull sideways, and not argue for something that people can map to a particular party or entrenched position.
I’ll test in #lesswrong to make sure I haven’t misjudged its potential for controversy, and hopefully have it ready to post on Wednesday or Thursday evening.
I have come up with an experiment (well, an article topic) which I hope will shed some light on whether Less Wrong can handle talking about politics, and what sort of approach to use when doing so. I’m going to delay asking people what they think norms should be until after the results of that have been seen. I think the important thing is to only pull sideways, and not argue for something that people can map to a particular party or entrenched position.
I’ll test in #lesswrong to make sure I haven’t misjudged its potential for controversy, and hopefully have it ready to post on Wednesday or Thursday evening.