posts and comments that talk about politics in the usual way full of biases, delusions, and strong emotions should be downvoted and discouraged
Wouldn’t it be great if LessWrong were capable of doing that?
(My guess is “not really”, because it’s an antiprediction that an accurate understanding of politics will include some unusual and extreme-sounding positions, and the spread of such positions on LessWrong may make the site look bad, undermining its influence on nonpolitical issues that it’s better-placed to affect.)
Wouldn’t it be great if LessWrong were capable of doing that?
(My guess is “not really”, because it’s an antiprediction that an accurate understanding of politics will include some unusual and extreme-sounding positions, and the spread of such positions on LessWrong may make the site look bad, undermining its influence on nonpolitical issues that it’s better-placed to affect.)