Some of these topics are just unsafe to openly discuss (both reputationally and partially because of externalities). In fact, in the post you’re referring to, you avoid making any direct or clear point about racial IQ differences or ethnonationalism (there’s a lot of “certain obvious facts” style phrasing) which means you also don’t include any convincing supporting evidence! This is certainly understandable, but it seems strange to blame the resulting unproductivity of the conversation mainly on lesswrong. The post is actually hard to productively engage with.
(Personally, I’d like to know what you’re actually saying and whether you’re right/wrong, but it seems hard to find out in the current epistemic environment, meaning the world not just lesswrong. Feel free to continue this conversation over DMs)
it seems strange to blame the resulting unproductivity of the conversation mainly on lesswrong
I didn’t intend to assign blame. If I had a different intellectual style (e.g. if I were more methodical about building up chains of logic) then I agree it’d be much easier for people to productively engage with me.
Some of these topics are just unsafe to openly discuss (both reputationally and partially because of externalities). In fact, in the post you’re referring to, you avoid making any direct or clear point about racial IQ differences or ethnonationalism (there’s a lot of “certain obvious facts” style phrasing) which means you also don’t include any convincing supporting evidence! This is certainly understandable, but it seems strange to blame the resulting unproductivity of the conversation mainly on lesswrong. The post is actually hard to productively engage with.
(Personally, I’d like to know what you’re actually saying and whether you’re right/wrong, but it seems hard to find out in the current epistemic environment, meaning the world not just lesswrong. Feel free to continue this conversation over DMs)
I didn’t intend to assign blame. If I had a different intellectual style (e.g. if I were more methodical about building up chains of logic) then I agree it’d be much easier for people to productively engage with me.