Doesn’t scale, but seems like it should happen at least once. (tongue sort of but not entirely in cheek). Then you can just link to it the second time.
The problem is that Double Crux is best conducted in ways that aren’t very amenable to publicizing (i.e. a private walk where people feel free-er), so there needs to be some attempts to do a public one at a time when:
- it’s high enough stakes that it matters so you can see people using the technique for real —it’s low enough stakes that it’s okay to publicly share it without you having to worry about “looking good” during the discussion —it’s convenient to record in some way
I agree, which is why I think noticing that there’s an opportunity to do a public one (i.e. now) is something that should be treated as a valuable opportunity that’s worth treating differently than arguing-on-the-internet-qua-arguing-on-the-internet.
(I also think arguing “should ‘created by CFAR’ be positive or negative evidence” is at least slightly less meta-sturbatory than “let’s double crux about double crux”)
Strong agree that it’s both true that “the lack of an example to point to produces justified skepticism” and that “that’s partly unfair because that skepticism and other ‘too busys’ keep feeding into no one taking the time to create said example.”
Doesn’t scale, but seems like it should happen at least once. (tongue sort of but not entirely in cheek). Then you can just link to it the second time.
The problem is that Double Crux is best conducted in ways that aren’t very amenable to publicizing (i.e. a private walk where people feel free-er), so there needs to be some attempts to do a public one at a time when:
- it’s high enough stakes that it matters so you can see people using the technique for real
—it’s low enough stakes that it’s okay to publicly share it without you having to worry about “looking good” during the discussion
—it’s convenient to record in some way
Well, as I say elsewhere in these comments—that does make it of rather limited utility to much of the LW readership!
I agree, which is why I think noticing that there’s an opportunity to do a public one (i.e. now) is something that should be treated as a valuable opportunity that’s worth treating differently than arguing-on-the-internet-qua-arguing-on-the-internet.
(I also think arguing “should ‘created by CFAR’ be positive or negative evidence” is at least slightly less meta-sturbatory than “let’s double crux about double crux”)
Strong agree that it’s both true that “the lack of an example to point to produces justified skepticism” and that “that’s partly unfair because that skepticism and other ‘too busys’ keep feeding into no one taking the time to create said example.”