Your comment was a lot dunkier than the OP. (Sarcastic, ad hominem, derisive/dismissive)
It’s possible that LetUsTalk meant to dunk on people, but their language wasn’t particularly adversarial, and I find it plausible that their question was meant in good faith.
This is supposed to be a community about rationality. Checking whether we’re succeeding at the goal, by seeing if we’re making accurate predictions, seems like a pretty reasonable thing to do.
It frustrates me that people like Scott Alexander have written so many good posts about tribalism, yet people here are still falling into basic traps.
Your comment was a lot dunkier than the OP. (Sarcastic, ad hominem, derisive/dismissive)
It’s possible that LetUsTalk meant to dunk on people, but their language wasn’t particularly adversarial, and I find it plausible that their question was meant in good faith.
This is supposed to be a community about rationality. Checking whether we’re succeeding at the goal, by seeing if we’re making accurate predictions, seems like a pretty reasonable thing to do.
It frustrates me that people like Scott Alexander have written so many good posts about tribalism, yet people here are still falling into basic traps.