Less Wrong isn’t obviously a bastion of left-wing ideas, so it’s possible whatever is filtering out conservatives from posting here is also filtering them out of academia.
When I started posting on LW, I was—depending on your terminology—very conservative. If there are any barriers that prevent conservatives from joining, then they didn’t affect me. (Edit: this is anecdotal; I might just be an outlier.)
I should point out that my views have drastically changed since joining. Though I try to avoid aligning with any particular political group, libertarian-progressive might be accurate. I’m interested in seeing where other people in the community stand after the next census.
That sounds like an interesting question to put on the next census: What were your views before LW, what are they now, and if there was a change how much did LW influence it.
When I started posting on LW, I was—depending on your terminology—very conservative. If there are any barriers that prevent conservatives from joining, then they didn’t affect me. (Edit: this is anecdotal; I might just be an outlier.)
I should point out that my views have drastically changed since joining. Though I try to avoid aligning with any particular political group, libertarian-progressive might be accurate. I’m interested in seeing where other people in the community stand after the next census.
That sounds like an interesting question to put on the next census: What were your views before LW, what are they now, and if there was a change how much did LW influence it.