You don’t seem to be actually saying very much then; is LW really short on explanations, in the conventional sense? Explanation seems well evidenced by the last couple of top level posts. Similarly, do we really fail to criticise one another? A large number of the comments seem to be criticisms. If you’re essentially criticising us for not having learn rationality 101 - the sort of rationality you learn as a child of 12, arguing against god—then obviously it would be a problem if we didn’t bare in mind the stuff. But without providing evidence that we succumb to these faults, it’s hard to see what the problem is.
Your other points, however, are substantive. If humans could solve any problem, or it was impossible to design an agent which could learn some but not all things, or confirmation didn’t increase subjective plausibility, these would be important claims.
You don’t seem to be actually saying very much then; is LW really short on explanations, in the conventional sense? Explanation seems well evidenced by the last couple of top level posts. Similarly, do we really fail to criticise one another? A large number of the comments seem to be criticisms. If you’re essentially criticising us for not having learn rationality 101 - the sort of rationality you learn as a child of 12, arguing against god—then obviously it would be a problem if we didn’t bare in mind the stuff. But without providing evidence that we succumb to these faults, it’s hard to see what the problem is.
Your other points, however, are substantive. If humans could solve any problem, or it was impossible to design an agent which could learn some but not all things, or confirmation didn’t increase subjective plausibility, these would be important claims.