Also why does Rational wiki hate LW so much? What is the source of all that animosity?
David Gerard, one of the founders of RationalWiki, actually used to hang out here a lot. I think a bunch of people gave him negative feedback, he got into a dispute with a moderator, and seems to have walked away with a grudge to try to do everything within his power to destroy LessWrong. See the Tracing Woodgrain’s post for a bunch of the history.
Also why does Rational wiki hate LW so much? What is the source of all that animosity?
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I am not too familiar with RationalWiki but my impression is the editors come from a certain mindset where you always disbelieve anything that sounds weird, and LWers talk about a lot of weird stuff, which to them falls in the same bucket as religion / woo / pseudoscience. And I would think they especially dislike people calling themselves “rationalists” when in actuality they’re just doing woo / pseudoscience.
I recently noticed just how bad LW’s reputation is outside of the community.
It is like reading the description of an alternative reality LW made of far right crancks and r/athesim mods.
Also why does Rational wiki hate LW so much? What is the source of all that animosity?
David Gerard, one of the founders of RationalWiki, actually used to hang out here a lot. I think a bunch of people gave him negative feedback, he got into a dispute with a moderator, and seems to have walked away with a grudge to try to do everything within his power to destroy LessWrong. See the Tracing Woodgrain’s post for a bunch of the history.
I am not too familiar with RationalWiki but my impression is the editors come from a certain mindset where you always disbelieve anything that sounds weird, and LWers talk about a lot of weird stuff, which to them falls in the same bucket as religion / woo / pseudoscience. And I would think they especially dislike people calling themselves “rationalists” when in actuality they’re just doing woo / pseudoscience.