I’d be interested in such a wiki—I assume that there are a number of true beliefs which mainstream thought currently dismisses as false/weird/absurd, and I’d like to have one place where I can go and look for ideas where the mainstream may be wrong.
That said, jimrandomh is absolutely right that epistemic hygiene is going to be important. Another way to put it: we want stuff like CellBioGuy’s theory about the PETM global climate-change being caused by a previous civilisation, which is interesting and not physically impossible (although I’m not convinced by the argument), we don’t want physics crackpots telling us about perpetual motion machines.
Possible solution: link the wiki to LessWrong accounts and require a minimum LessWrong karma score in order to edit. Plus an invite option for people with interesting ideas who don’t meet the minimum karma score.
I’d be interested in such a wiki—I assume that there are a number of true beliefs which mainstream thought currently dismisses as false/weird/absurd, and I’d like to have one place where I can go and look for ideas where the mainstream may be wrong.
Interest in consumption isn’t really meaningful interest. The thing that matters is whether people are interested in contributing.
I’d be interested in such a wiki—I assume that there are a number of true beliefs which mainstream thought currently dismisses as false/weird/absurd, and I’d like to have one place where I can go and look for ideas where the mainstream may be wrong.
That said, jimrandomh is absolutely right that epistemic hygiene is going to be important. Another way to put it: we want stuff like CellBioGuy’s theory about the PETM global climate-change being caused by a previous civilisation, which is interesting and not physically impossible (although I’m not convinced by the argument), we don’t want physics crackpots telling us about perpetual motion machines.
Possible solution: link the wiki to LessWrong accounts and require a minimum LessWrong karma score in order to edit. Plus an invite option for people with interesting ideas who don’t meet the minimum karma score.
Interest in consumption isn’t really meaningful interest. The thing that matters is whether people are interested in contributing.