It sounds like the actual unusual paradigm on LW is not so much “worried about the basilisk” as it is “unusually accommodating of people who worry about the basilisk”.
Modest proposal: practice “ontological rejection therapy” to decrease worry about basilisks, etc.:
Shout or type statements intended to draw punishment from every conceivable supernatural or post-Singularity entity.
Negative result: Nothing happens. Gain increased sanity and epistemological confidence.
Positive result: Devoured by Mind Flayers or equivalent. Surviving peers gain experimental data of immense value.
It sounds like the actual unusual paradigm on LW is not so much “worried about the basilisk” as it is “unusually accommodating of people who worry about the basilisk”.
Modest proposal: practice “ontological rejection therapy” to decrease worry about basilisks, etc.:
Shout or type statements intended to draw punishment from every conceivable supernatural or post-Singularity entity.
Negative result: Nothing happens. Gain increased sanity and epistemological confidence.
Positive result: Devoured by Mind Flayers or equivalent. Surviving peers gain experimental data of immense value.