I think there could be a lot of value in having a sequence of posts on, basically, “What is this ‘science’ thing anyway?” Right now all the core ideas (including various prerequisites and corollaries) exist on this site or in the Sequences, but not a single, clear, cohesive whole that isn’t extremely long.
However, I think trying to frame it this way, in one post, doesn’t work. It’s unclear who the target audience it, how they should approach it, and what they should hope to get out of it. Even knowing and already understanding these points, I read it wondering, “Why are these here, together, in this order? What is implied by the point numbering? Who, not already knowing these, would be willing to read this and able to understand it?”
It looks like the author created this account only a day before posting this. IDK if they’ve been here lurking or using another account a long time before that or not. In any case, my suggestion would be to look at how the Sequences are structured, find the bits that tie into what you’re writing here, and then refactor this post into a series. Try and make it present ideas in a cohesive order, in digestible chunks, with links to past posts by others that expand on important points in more detail or other styles.
I think there could be a lot of value in having a sequence of posts on, basically, “What is this ‘science’ thing anyway?” Right now all the core ideas (including various prerequisites and corollaries) exist on this site or in the Sequences, but not a single, clear, cohesive whole that isn’t extremely long.
However, I think trying to frame it this way, in one post, doesn’t work. It’s unclear who the target audience it, how they should approach it, and what they should hope to get out of it. Even knowing and already understanding these points, I read it wondering, “Why are these here, together, in this order? What is implied by the point numbering? Who, not already knowing these, would be willing to read this and able to understand it?”
It looks like the author created this account only a day before posting this. IDK if they’ve been here lurking or using another account a long time before that or not. In any case, my suggestion would be to look at how the Sequences are structured, find the bits that tie into what you’re writing here, and then refactor this post into a series. Try and make it present ideas in a cohesive order, in digestible chunks, with links to past posts by others that expand on important points in more detail or other styles.