Most of them flow from SL4′s specific focus on singularity issues. LW’s “common interest of many causes” approach makes it so that:
some people who used to read SL4 don’t read LW, because they’re not interested in most of what is discussed here
singularity posts on LW need to spend more effort appealing to a wider audience
singularity posts on LW need to spend more effort bridging inferential gaps
There are also subtler cultural differences that it’s harder for me to put my finger on. I suspect the strangest-sounding true thing that could comfortably be said on SL4 was stranger-sounding than the strangest-sounding true thing that can comfortably be said on LW.
Of course, I don’t mean to deny the huge advantages LW brings; the karma system works well, and a large audience is useful in many ways. But maybe there’s a way to keep the best of both worlds.
David Gerard recommends that LW and SIAI be kept separate—I had thought that a similar thing is currently done by singularity posts being in the discussion section.
I agree that a more singularity-focused forum would be nice. Perhaps LW could link to the successor of SL4 in the sidebar.
I hope that someone not connected with SIAI creates this hypothetical singularity form. There is too much groupthink here. We are deep in one attractor, and need a random restart.
Such as? (I am unfamiliar with SL4. )
Most of them flow from SL4′s specific focus on singularity issues. LW’s “common interest of many causes” approach makes it so that:
some people who used to read SL4 don’t read LW, because they’re not interested in most of what is discussed here
singularity posts on LW need to spend more effort appealing to a wider audience
singularity posts on LW need to spend more effort bridging inferential gaps
There are also subtler cultural differences that it’s harder for me to put my finger on. I suspect the strangest-sounding true thing that could comfortably be said on SL4 was stranger-sounding than the strangest-sounding true thing that can comfortably be said on LW.
Of course, I don’t mean to deny the huge advantages LW brings; the karma system works well, and a large audience is useful in many ways. But maybe there’s a way to keep the best of both worlds.
David Gerard recommends that LW and SIAI be kept separate—I had thought that a similar thing is currently done by singularity posts being in the discussion section.
I agree that a more singularity-focused forum would be nice. Perhaps LW could link to the successor of SL4 in the sidebar.
I hope that someone not connected with SIAI creates this hypothetical singularity form. There is too much groupthink here. We are deep in one attractor, and need a random restart.