That’s probably exactly it. The process of thinking about the question and analyzing it for me is something I’d want to encourage, particularly in subjects in which I have little to no expertise, so I’d upvote it.
(This has the obvious dangers, of course, but there’s usually enough expert-ish people on any given topic on LW that controversial assumptions get brought out into the open fast. )
That’s probably exactly it. The process of thinking about the question and analyzing it for me is something I’d want to encourage, particularly in subjects in which I have little to no expertise, so I’d upvote it.
(This has the obvious dangers, of course, but there’s usually enough expert-ish people on any given topic on LW that controversial assumptions get brought out into the open fast. )
Thank you, that makes a lot of sense in this context.