Contrarianism

TagLast edit: 26 Jan 2021 12:44 UTC by Yoav Ravid

A contrarian is a person who holds a contrary position, especially a position against the majority (from Wikipedia).

Intellectual Hipsters and Meta-Contrarianism

Scott Alexander13 Sep 2010 21:36 UTC

368 points

367 comments8 min readLW link

How can we get more and better LW contrarians?

Wei Dai18 Apr 2012 22:01 UTC

85 points

335 comments2 min readLW link

The Correct Contrarian Cluster

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Dec 2009 22:01 UTC

66 points

255 comments5 min readLW link

Authorities and Amateurs

jefftk25 Mar 2020 3:40 UTC

146 points

30 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(www.jefftk.com)

Kakistocuriosity

LVSN6 Jan 2023 7:38 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Demography and Destiny

Zero Contradictions21 Jul 2024 20:34 UTC

6 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Combat vs Nurture & Meta-Contrarianism

abramdemski10 Jan 2019 23:17 UTC

66 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

The Contrarian Status Catch-22

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Dec 2009 22:40 UTC

70 points

102 comments4 min readLW link

Murphy’s Quest Ch 12: Meta-Contrarianism

alkjash10 Mar 2018 23:00 UTC

12 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Contrarianism and reference class forecasting

taw25 Nov 2009 19:41 UTC

29 points

94 comments2 min readLW link

Is my view contrarian?

lukeprog11 Mar 2014 17:42 UTC

33 points

96 comments9 min readLW link

Contrarian LW views and their economic implications

Larks8 Oct 2014 23:48 UTC

30 points

126 comments1 min readLW link

The Case Against Moral Realism

Zero Contradictions7 Nov 2024 10:14 UTC

−5 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

[Link] You Should Downvote Contrarian Anecdotes

Vladimir_Golovin18 Jun 2012 7:57 UTC

16 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Discussion of “What are your contrarian views?”

Metus20 Sep 2014 12:09 UTC

11 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Conversational Cultures: Combat vs Nurture (V2)

Ruby31 Dec 2019 20:23 UTC

143 points

92 comments9 min readLW link 5 reviews

Personhood is a Religious Belief

jan Sijan3 May 2023 16:16 UTC

−42 points

28 comments6 min readLW link

Rules of variety

KatjaGrace8 Dec 2017 17:10 UTC

32 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Closet survey #1

[deleted]14 Mar 2009 7:51 UTC

72 points

670 comments1 min readLW link

I’ve had it with those dark rumours about our culture rigorously suppressing opinions

Multiheaded25 Jan 2012 17:43 UTC

44 points

868 comments2 min readLW link

The Irrationality Game

Will_Newsome3 Oct 2010 2:43 UTC

44 points

932 comments3 min readLW link

Against Devil’s Advocacy

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Jun 2008 4:15 UTC

50 points

60 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Who’s an unusual thinker that you recommend following?

Pee Doom13 Sep 2019 4:11 UTC

28 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Look for Lone Correct Contrarians

Gram_Stone13 Mar 2016 16:11 UTC

33 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

Contradiction Appeal Bias

onur24 Sep 2023 17:03 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

What are your contrarian views?

Metus15 Sep 2014 9:17 UTC

22 points

819 comments1 min readLW link

Antagonistic AI

Xybermancer1 Mar 2024 18:50 UTC

−8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Barefoot FAQ

dkl926 Mar 2024 16:29 UTC

0 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

Overpopulation FAQs

Zero Contradictions10 Aug 2024 4:21 UTC

−12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(zerocontradictions.net)

What is Morality?

Zero Contradictions29 Jul 2024 19:19 UTC

−1 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

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